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sew

[soh] / soʊ /
VERB
prepare fabric for clothing, covering
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“I went home and said, ‘Well, I’m just going to sew something for her.’

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

"Using foot-pedalling to sew uniforms is very hard because it is slow", he told AFP.

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

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

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026

I was cutting and bundling quilting squares into a dozen fat quarters, a-mix-and-matched stack of fabrics all measured and ready to sew.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry

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

Amabile says she has an older sister who for years sewed Halloween costumes for her family.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025

The 132-pound turtle was taken into Long Beach’s Aquarium of the Pacific, where veterinarians removed the fishing line and sewed the wounds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2025

She starts folding and piling up costumes she sewed for Barrio Fiesta.

From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio

She has never been able to return to work, though she volunteers with NI Chest Heart and Stroke and enjoys sewing.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Research published last year suggested that, of a typical £85 shirt, £8.50 covers fabric, sewing and shipping, £37.45 goes to the retailer, £16.25 to the manufacturer, £9.50 on marketing and £13.60 in VAT.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 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

Cat easily imagined the same hands doing surgery, sewing people up, helping them.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn

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

Born in New York in 1990, Self works across painting, printmaking and sculpture, often using sewn and printed materials to build up depictions of the human figure.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 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

When the last epaulet was sewn onto the sleeve, I buried the jacket, and I waited.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman


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