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sew

[soh] / soʊ /
VERB
prepare fabric for clothing, covering
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But regardless, he said, Democrats would have to find a way to "sew these two very large groups back together" if they wanted to reverse recent election losses.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

“I’m glad I’m not the one who had to sew them on originally!”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 30, 2026

We have a big couch, and I sew while Jake watches movies.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

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

From Salon May 1, 2026

“Now that’s a brilliant observation. We’ve got some mosquito netting, and I could sew some of that around the top, find some way to fasten it so you could open and close it.”

From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech

“My father built a cabin and gardened; we raised chickens and sheep. My mother was a schoolteacher who sewed all my clothes and dolls.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 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

While the girls sewed, a nun read aloud so that no-one talked.

From BBC Nov. 15, 2025

He sewed skillfully, and the calluses on the tips of his fingers were so hard that he pushed the needle through the cloth without a thimble.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

A pile of mending projects in my sewing room filled a shelf.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 8, 2026

Begum, who did not give her first name, told AFP she had been turned away by many factories in Gazipur despite having experience in sewing and hemming.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

It features the base of an old sewing machine pasted over with a cigar box wrapper and the oft-reoccurring theme of a moon, sun and stars.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

Some 45 original stockholders invested alongside Hawk, a sewing machine salesman.

From Barron's Jun. 12, 2026

Inside were fabrics, sewing shears, a pincushion of needles, and several spools of thread.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

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

And Wawrinka carried a memento of those shorts in his final French Open outing, with a strip of the fabric sewn on to his shirt.

From BBC May 25, 2026

All of this ambiguity is intentional, sewn into the script with as much care as Sam stitches her dresses.

From Salon Apr. 24, 2026

Some old threads are sewn up and others remain painfully open.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 17, 2026

I even have a new necklace of rowan berries, sewn by Tatterfell and worn because there was no way she could know I didn’t need it.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black




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