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sew

[soh] / soʊ /
VERB
prepare fabric for clothing, covering
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"Using foot-pedalling to sew uniforms is very hard because it is slow", he told AFP.

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

Saar would often hire them as assistants in the studio, she explains: “We’d help her sew, or draw, or glue things together.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

PhD fashion students at DMU put on a workshop teaching pupils how to sew and mend damaged clothes.

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026

Others simply mocked the assertion that a new ballroom would sew up the president’s apparent security concerns.

From Salon ● May 1, 2026

She’d sew a dress that went way past my knees with ruffles and bows like a kindergartner’s party dress.

From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia

Jordan sewed sage green curtains to conceal additional storage spaces and further brighten the space.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

Lee’s mom sewed children’s clothes at a textile plant before dying of complications from a hysterectomy at 35 when Lee was 16.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 27, 2025

Ireland sewed up the play-off place in the group thanks to Troy Parrott's 96th-minute hat-trick goal handing them a 3-2 win over third-placed Hungary.

From Barron's ● Nov. 16, 2025

He sells overalls with rain boots sewed in to them on TikTok.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2025

And when the doctor sewed the two flaps of skin together with needle and thread, Alex flinched but never looked away.

From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers

Much of the shirt-making process then takes place at these factories, including sewing, ironing and packaging.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

The "sewing of the loose ends" of the festival is on Saturday.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

"Her sewing machine was there. She was in tears because it's broken now. So, well, it's a tragedy. But in my family everyone is alive and for that I thank God," he said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

My mother made all our clothes on a Singer sewing machine for years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Aunt Kitty nodded in agreement, though her eyes stayed fixed on her sewing.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

It’s like watching stars being sewn into the fabric of the universe.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

The small-estate procedure does not simply eliminate the need to deal with real estate, and you already have that sewn up.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 27, 2026

The four metre by seven metre artwork was sewn and glued by a small team led by the artist, who usually works with vintage fabrics.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

BH: The two beaded dresses took over a month because every bead was hand beaded and sewn on.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

Can it be sewn in by a surgeon with careful stitches?

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson


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