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But standing still is no guarantee of safety either: One woman’s hem got caught in the teeth of an escalator.

From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026

There were forms and traditions and processes, there were strictures, rules, the law, expectations, all of which would hem in the head of the executive branch, at least eventually.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026

She shows off large animal heads, including a rat and a bull, and an embroidered dress with a ruffled hem made for the production of the Handel opera "Alcina".

From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026

The asymmetry of the cut, however, sounded a note of continuation: Ivanka wore a white Oscar de la Renta jacket with an asymmetric handkerchief hem for inauguration day in 2017.

From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2025

Jenna yanked the thread so hard it came off and made a tiny hole in the hem of her shirt.

From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence

As it enters Assam's vast floodplains, home to some 28 million people and hemmed in by hills, it slows and deposits sediment, fuelling erosion and floods.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

When the park opened in 2006, I thought it seemed too flat and shapeless, too hemmed in by Broadway and Spring.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

Pants and cuffs still need to be hemmed to say nothing of bridal, prom and other special-occasion clothes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026

It was whether federal courts, hemmed in by the modern law of habeas corpus, are permitted to say anything meaningful about that possibility at all.

From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2026

She had awakened when Lazlo did, then collapsed back on her pillows, squeezing her eyes tight shut to block out the sight of the mesarthium walls and ceiling that hemmed her in.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

So I started in on the pile—taking in a dress and hemming a tablecloth—until I realized that half of the projects I didn’t want anymore.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026

She was so thrilled by my interest that she would have handed over anything that fit, and I stayed up late hemming the dress by hand.

From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026

He has also mocked allies uneasy about the widening conflict, referring to those who "wring their hands and clutch their pearls, hemming and hawing about the use of force."

From Barron's ● Mar. 10, 2026

"The hemming wasn't right, the length wasn't right. You either go on parade right or you don't go at all."

From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2026

They were hemming the Orcs in, preventing them from scattering, and driving them along the line of the river.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien