As an inventor, he made machines, like a rotating desk out of clockworks and whittled wood.

Source: https://www.dailybreeze.com/2023/04/13/a-trip-to-yosemite-led-to-a-fresh-look-at-john-muir-in-guardians-of-the-valley/

But the shortlist has now been whittled down to a final 10, with Dublin’s Croke Park, Manchester’s Old Trafford, Sunderland’s Stadium of Light and the London Stadium all facing the cut.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/euro-2028-hosts-uk-ireland-turkey-b2423669.html

Having whittled his time down from 19.51 seconds in 2018 to 16.23 in 2019 then 13.71 in 2022 and 13.39 ahead of the tournament he pushed on and made up the ground between him and the frontrunners – finishing neck and neck.

Source: https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/other-sport/athletics/teen-makes-welsh-sporting-history-27714181

Li Keqiang, an economist from a rival faction to Xi who held less hard-line Marxist-Leninist views than the Chinese president, saw his power slowly whittled away during his decade in power.

Source: https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/chinese-premier-calls-for-combat-readiness-but-softens-tone-on-taiwan-20230305-p5cpga.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

Over time, though, PyPy’s developers have whittled away at this issue, and made PyPy far more compatible with the majority of Python packages that depend on C extensions.

Source: https://www.infoworld.com/article/3267976/12-pythons-for-every-programming-need.html

Thankfully, it whittled down the possible answers to nine, and we made a fortunate fourth guess.

Source: https://www.slashgear.com/1239408/todays-wordle-answer-646-march-27-2023-solution-and-hints/

The longlisted titles will now be whittled down to a six strong shortlist by a panel of judges chaired by esteemed British producer and Books Editor for BBC Radio Di Speirs.

Source: https://www.irishpost.com/entertainment/irish-authors-sara-baume-and-ciaran-orourke-longlisted-for-prestigious-book-prize-246286

The MassChallenge program involves an elimination competition in which hundreds of companies are whittled down to a few dozen finalists over the course of several months.

Source: https://themedialine.org/life-lines/from-assisting-hearing-impaired-to-producing-water-startups-showcase-solutions-at-jerusalem-event/

The Town Hall is staying tight-lipped on the final designs, but have confirmed the winners of the design contest - which started as a field of 10, was whittled down to six, and is now at four - will be publicly announced later in the summer.

Source: https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/news-opinion/trip-library-reminded-theres-always-27224514

With that in mind, we’ve whittled it down to eight with a 5 out of 5 rating from a minimum of 15 Google reviews.

Source: https://www.wigantoday.net/news/people/massage-in-wigan-these-are-the-5-out-of-5-rated-places-you-can-get-a-massage-in-wigan-according-to-google-reviews-4186422