knit
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His father was killed at the bitter end of the war, fighting for Marshal Tito, the leader who managed to knit together the multi-ethnic state of Yugoslavia and suppress simmering enmities.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
As Weber explains, "they send the newly formed nuclei of their daughter cells gliding across long distances to repopulate the damaged area of the brain and knit the astrocyte network back together."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
Hundreds, perhaps thousands, circulated daily between the imperial and provincial courts, helping knit together an empire that, at its peak, ruled much of the Indian subcontinent and nearly a quarter of the world's population.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
Hernández greets me on a Zoom call wearing Clubmaster sunglasses, his head wrapped mummy-like by an off-white hoodie, knit scarf and beanie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2026
The girl turns around and looks at me, her eyebrows knit together.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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And Michael Olise, the breakout star of this tournament, has five assists as he knits the team together.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
"She's very introverted. She likes to stay home and do little hobbies. She knits and crochets."
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
The camera knits them all together in long shots, swirling around their idyllic backyard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2025
These knits have become synonymous with the holiday season.
From Slate ● Dec. 12, 2024
There’s this cool girl, Autumn, who wears a bandanna and she knits.
From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya
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She grew up in poverty and in her 1971 hit Coat of Many Colours describes how she would wear rags which her "mama" had knitted together to school.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Morgan research report External link highlighted how hardware and software can be knitted together to constructing an electrical network that will meet future demands and reduce vulnerabilities.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
Shafer noticed he could wear a T-shirt while pruning trees instead of the usual hooded sweatshirt and knitted hat.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
At first, the question puzzled Ms. Nović, until she realized that, despite their differences, the four of them had knitted themselves so tightly together that they had also created a single—and singular—family unit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
Brigit grabbed a knitted square from her desk and jammed it into her pocket, then followed Ella out of the room.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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Apple under Tim Cook’s leadership has illustrated the virtues of sticking to one’s knitting.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 2, 2026
Call it nonna-stalgia—a culinary offshoot of the “grandmacore” aesthetic that has Gen Z picking up knitting needles, gardening gloves and sourdough starter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
With spinning, weaving, dyeing and knitting facilities -- the Glo-Djigbe site exported its first garments in 2024 for the French retailer Kiabi, followed by other international brands such as US Polo.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
The result is that people now see shared pursuits — a weekly tennis game, a book club, a knitting circle — as potential products to claim and monetize.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
I could hear Granda’s breathing and see Celia clutch at her knitting.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
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