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seam

[seem] / sim /


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On Saturday, 22-year-old seam bowler Kranti Gaud became the first woman on the bowling board after taking five for 37 in England's first innings.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

Still, in the slower seam of Foulkes, the Black Caps look to have gained an important weapon.

From BBC Jun. 27, 2026

Then you've got to factor in the seam movement and the slope, batting becomes impossible.

From BBC Jun. 5, 2026

For all the attention on England's batting, it is the seam bowling that is in a bigger state of flux, and a new-look attack had to deliver on Thursday evening.

From BBC Jun. 4, 2026

I scooted closer and the seam in the waterfall opened even farther, so I could peek through and check the ground ahead.

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

McElwee stitches together the past and present to find new meaning in their seams, a jagged line that runs through time and points toward the future.

From Salon Jul. 24, 2026

He considered different shapes for the container -- like a square or even a star -- but thought it best to avoid having seams and joints, so a stainless steel cylinder won the day.

From Barron's Jul. 2, 2026

The unmoving, shallow water can’t help but grow algae in the beating sun, and since the concrete expands and contracts with shifting temperatures, any seals along the seams have struggled to remain watertight.

From Slate Jun. 19, 2026

The divers floated to them, their gloved hands touching the surface, searching for seams where the pipelines were at their weakest.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

By the time the girls burst into my room, frayed backpacks and old bucket purses busting at the seams, I was all ready to go.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

"I definitely felt like it was tricky early on. It seamed around with the new ball and they put it in the right spots," Tribe said.

From BBC May 24, 2026

Charlotte is always tightly seamed and belted, while Lisa, a filmmaker, wears bright colors and straddles the line between adventurous pop art flair and polished affluence.

From Salon Jun. 7, 2025

Period costumes, by Jane Greenwood, announce their authenticity, right down to the seamed stockings.

From New York Times Apr. 23, 2019

It’s made of thin cotton/modal French terry, which is flat on one side and looped on the other—the robe has seamed, decorative panels that reveal both sides of the fabric.

From Slate Nov. 16, 2018

The little space above the cap’s adjustable headband showed the buzzed hairline of his seamed neck.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

After striking with just his third ball, Robinson's performance on a seaming pitch left England fans wondering what might have been had he played during the winter's Ashes series.

From BBC Jun. 4, 2026

But he only lasted seven balls, edging a seaming delivery into the safe hands of Marnus Labuschagne at third slip.

From Barron's Nov. 21, 2025

A seminal and comprehensive history; Times critic Bharati Mukherjee called Takaki’s method “extraordinary, seaming together meticulous scholarship, impassioned analysis, popular culture and personal memoir.”

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 25, 2021

The contoured silhouettes with intricate seaming, embroidery and couture detailing looked deceptively more expensive than their retail price.

From New York Times Sep. 9, 2020

The grounds are nearly perfect, art and nature seaming to strive to out-do one another.

From Hertfordshire by New, E. H. (Edmund Hort)




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