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Microdramas hew to an established formula, with each installment ending on a cliffhanger that pushes its often preposterous story line toward a final, usually shocking reveal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026

The deals appear to closely hew to the same lines as the earlier deals with Pfizer and AstraZeneca, which were seen as significant wins for the industry.

From Barron's ● Dec. 19, 2025

With changes to tax law, the Dec. 31 deadline has become almost arbitrary, yet people still hew to old habits.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 19, 2025

The intention of the proposed measure is to hew as closely to the county regulations as possible, including provisions that provide flexibility to small landlords, Blumenfield said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2025

They charged forward then to hew down their puny attackers, but they found only the fog about them, full of voices.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin

Zoe Kazan’s Cathy, which closely hews to Steinbeck’s original vision, defies easy assumptions about a woman’s wants and needs.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

At the same time, “‘Master Harold,’” which hews closely to Fugard’s own experiences, is a tale of hope.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2026

Mr. Daugherty’s study hews closely to the details of his subject’s life, while Mr. Streitfeld’s is organized more around McMurtry’s formidable body of work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026

It isn’t yet clear how close that opinion hews to Selig’s own.

From Barron's ● Nov. 19, 2025

Says Dr. T. T. Munger:—   "When God afflicts thee, think he hews a rugged stone   Which must be shaped, or else aside as useless thrown."

From Making the Most of Life by J. R. (James Russell) Miller

Indeed, Walker’s Bitcoin origin story hewed closely to a common template in the Bitcoin community.

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026

Chaucer, Shakespeare and Milton are examples of authors who hewed closely to writers who had come before them.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026

A less-frequent Gallup survey specifically about whether the stock market will rise in the next six months hewed to the same pattern.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

Selfies were becoming more prevalent as social media grew, and standards of beauty hewed close to celebrity Kim Kardashian’s looks, especially in regards to eye makeup and products used for face contouring.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 7, 2026

She and Jimmy hewed to the path that was so well- worn that the feet of Negro college graduates like them were trained to walk it almost automatically.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

Charles and Caroline are a handsome couple, with Pa hewn in the rugged spirit immortalized by Michael Landon in the 1970s TV classic.

From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026

Video released by the US Justice Department shows apparently well-made concrete steps leading into the tunnel, which appears to be hewn from rock and with a concrete floor.

From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026

But when he got it right, his lyrics had an aphoristic directness that made them seem more hewn than written.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025

Its throwing arm, currently at 12 o’clock, weighs 360 pounds and is not hewn or sanded; knots are visible in the wood.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2025

Over the carcass of the horse, they built a platform of hewn logs; trunks of smaller trees and limbs from the greater, and the thickest straightest branches they could find.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

Though far from being a “gritty” period drama, “Little House” does attempt to capture the realities and complexities of its place and time, while still hewing to Wilder’s original themes of resilience, hope and family.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

Nonetheless, it saw long-term trends hewing toward streaming.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026

Some vessels have exited the strait after making a brief diversion through a channel between two islands off Iran’s coast, Larak and Qeshm, and hewing close to Iran’s coast.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 17, 2026

But being a politician occasionally requires actual leadership, which means working to persuade voters of the merits of a position, rather than reflexively hewing to public opinion at any given moment.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2025

In the editions of Group I. the woodcut on the title page represents a miner hewing ore in a vein and two others working a windlass.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola