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embroider

[em-broi-der] / ɛmˈbrɔɪ dər /




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The admiration Ms. Footer has for Bradley is obvious, but it sometimes leads her to embroider the little that is known of his inner life.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Season 2 feels like much more of an ensemble affair as showrunner Tony Gilroy expands the show’s focus beyond one character’s moral development to more thoroughly embroider others that are just as worthwhile.

From Salon • Apr. 22, 2025

“I’m going to embroider that on a T-shirt,’’ said Thorn, 76, with pride.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 30, 2023

"Our embroidery masters taped their phones to lamps and used the torch light to embroider with a thread and needle," he says.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2023

“Did they embroider slippers and tobacco pouches and hatbands and things for you?” asked Edna.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin




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