weave
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President Trump has a speaking style that he describes himself as "the weave".
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
His widow joined a weaving collective of genocide survivors, working long hours on a back-strap loom to weave the beautiful, intricate geometric designs that Ixil women are famous for.
From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2026
Despite his misgivings, their duets—her vocals bob and weave, while his are stolid and reassuring—immediately became hits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
Depending upon the size and design of the carpet, a piece can take a group of artisans up to a year to weave.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
Though she didn’t weave anymore because of the arthritis in her right shoulder.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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In ‘Partita,’ Pulitzer Prize-winning Barbara Kingsolver weaves classical music and family tragedy into an intimate, resonant novel about second chances and self-discovery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
Christian Kracht weaves an uncanny atmosphere in the story of a man named Paul who mysteriously disappears from inside a Norwegian data center.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
That would break the spell Miyazaki weaves in every frame leading up to that moment.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
Elon Green weaves the mystery’s disparate threads into a single, unforgettable narrative.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
Finnick weaves yet another water basket and a net for fishing.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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Chatfield weaved seamlessly through different social movements in California throughout his life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
That moment looked to be pivotal as Ash Handley's outrageous offload reached Miller who weaved and then found Croft on his inside to dot down a terrific Leeds score under the posts.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
Linda Cantey had the sound of her mobile turned off the night the Atlas Wildfire weaved a path of destruction through her section of Napa, California.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
Governments are so in awe of the tales weaved by tech bros about the coming artificial-intelligence future, she says, that they have given them a free pass to do pretty much whatever they want.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
Back toward the fish market, she dodged shoppers and weaved through a group of people with piercings.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
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He was one of the few who wove what was happening in the country into his material.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
At a recent performance of his Valiant symphony in Chennai, he explained how he wove Schubert's Unfinished Symphony into Idhayam Pogudhey, a song from the 1979 Tamil film Puthiya Vaarpukkal.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
After just four overs from the quicks, the spinners took centre stage and wove a web around the Sri Lankan batters, much as they had throughout the tour.
From Barron's ● Feb. 3, 2026
The idea of craft is, to her, “like regarding a vast tapestry and saying, This is how I wove the blue part.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
Delicate silver and gold threads unraveled and wove themselves into the fragile wings of the frozen mariposas, converting the tiny creatures into magical designs stitched meticulously into the bodice of La Llorona’s gown.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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It’s created this amazing melting pot that really sets us apart from every other state, and it’s truly woven into the depths of Texas culture.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
Around the lake, the remnants of Venezuela’s oil boom are woven into everyday life, with homes surrounded by rusting pump jacks and pipelines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Then come the chips: hot, sturdy, generously salted, piled into black woven baskets alongside ramekins of fire-engine-red mild salsa and a darker, spicier version flecked with onion and jalapeño.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026
Trotter also continued to play with woven leather, a speciality of the Italian house, on a trench coat for men and on tall boots for women.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
She mouthed a few words I couldn’t hear, then threw a rose made of woven palmetto leaves into the water.
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
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With Hartnett weaving through the entire story, it’s nearly impossible to get a handle on what’s really going on in “Verity.”
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026
While the conference’s other top teams spent the day licking their wounds, here, once again, was Mosley weaving joyfully through the open field and conjuring the very same magic from thin air.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
The prosthesis helped him return to weaving, but that was not his only source of income.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026
Videos showing riders performing stunts, weaving through traffic and travelling at speed can attract hundreds of thousands of views.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Scoob glances in her direction and isn’t surprised to see tears weaving down over her wrinkly cheeks.
From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone
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