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The Middle East – named for its geographic position between Europe and East Asia – was under Ottoman rule for 400 years before the Allied powers, after defeating the Ottomans in World War I, partitioned the region into distinct political units that, under the Sykes-Picot Agreement, fell within spheres of influence carved out by the United Kingdom and France.

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Brass nails tacked into the ebony wood, your face has been carved five times.

Since then, I've carved out this little niche for myself on the internet as an inventor of useless machines, because as we all know, the easiest way to be at the top of your field is to choose a very small field.

The dictionary is not carved out of a piece of granite, out of a lump of rock.

Each one was pinched or carved out of a ball of clay, and it was the imperfections that people cherished.

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