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Microdramas hew to an established formula, with each installment ending on a cliffhanger that pushes its often preposterous story line toward a final, usually shocking reveal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026

The deals appear to closely hew to the same lines as the earlier deals with Pfizer and AstraZeneca, which were seen as significant wins for the industry.

From Barron's ● Dec. 19, 2025

With changes to tax law, the Dec. 31 deadline has become almost arbitrary, yet people still hew to old habits.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 19, 2025

The intention of the proposed measure is to hew as closely to the county regulations as possible, including provisions that provide flexibility to small landlords, Blumenfield said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2025

With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry

“Superbloom” is a strong record whose failings have mostly to do with context, specifically how closely the album hews to its two predecessors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026

It isn’t yet clear how close that opinion hews to Selig’s own.

From Barron's ● Nov. 19, 2025

DeLone's hews more closely to the classic, which she says is a sort of Rhode Island staple; although the restaurant is located in West Hollywood, their focus is New England-style seafood.

From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2025

Harris hews largely to traditional Democratic Party values but with a modern touch.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2024

Who is it hews his foe to mammocks; writes “Acquittal” on his tomb—and dies?

From Tales from Blackwood Volume 8 by Various

Robert Icke’s “Oedipus” was hardly a retread of an ancient Greek classic and “Cats: The Jellicle Ball” may have hewed faithfully to Andrew Lloyd Webber’s score, but everything else about this production seemed completely reborn.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026

A less-frequent Gallup survey specifically about whether the stock market will rise in the next six months hewed to the same pattern.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

Selfies were becoming more prevalent as social media grew, and standards of beauty hewed close to celebrity Kim Kardashian’s looks, especially in regards to eye makeup and products used for face contouring.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 7, 2026

Much of the wood was hand-sawn then hewed into shape with axes, just as the beams were in the 13th century.

From BBC ● Nov. 29, 2024

Then Frodo stepped up to the great grey net, and hewed it with a wide sweeping stroke, drawing the bitter edge swiftly across a ladder of close-strung cords, and at once springing away.

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

Video released by the US Justice Department shows apparently well-made concrete steps leading into the tunnel, which appears to be hewn from rock and with a concrete floor.

From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026

But when he got it right, his lyrics had an aphoristic directness that made them seem more hewn than written.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025

Its throwing arm, currently at 12 o’clock, weighs 360 pounds and is not hewn or sanded; knots are visible in the wood.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2025

Four fresh graves hewn from claylike soil in a historic cemetery where the newly dead are crowding out the old.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2023

Musicians and poets saw the countryside as a roughly hewn wilderness, supplying countless images to convey the swirling emotional torrents of the yearning lover.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

Though far from being a “gritty” period drama, “Little House” does attempt to capture the realities and complexities of its place and time, while still hewing to Wilder’s original themes of resilience, hope and family.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

Johann Sebastian Bach composed some of his best works by hewing to a self-imposed fugal format.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026

Some vessels have exited the strait after making a brief diversion through a channel between two islands off Iran’s coast, Larak and Qeshm, and hewing close to Iran’s coast.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 17, 2026

But being a politician occasionally requires actual leadership, which means working to persuade voters of the merits of a position, rather than reflexively hewing to public opinion at any given moment.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2025

In Simrock VII., finally, the hero releases a princess by hewing trees, separating grain, and choosing his mistress among three hundred women, all without aid.

From The Grateful Dead The History of a Folk Story by Gerould, Gordon Hall