sew
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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
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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
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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
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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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