Thesaurus / hew
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That system weakened as members of all three branches hewed increasingly to the platforms of the two political parties.
HOW CEOS BECAME THE 4TH BRANCH OF GOVERNMENTFELIX SALMONJANUARY 12, 2021AXIOSThe xEMU has bearings that are lighter and hew closer to the joints than ones used for previous EMUs.
CURRENT SPACESUITS WON’T CUT IT ON THE MOON. SO NASA MADE NEW ONES.NEEL PATELDECEMBER 29, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWThe pandemic has been the ultimate stress test on us and on our nation, and it doesn’t hew to human timelines.
THE COVID-ERA WORKPLACE: HARD QUESTIONS, NO EASY ANSWERSKARLA MILLERDECEMBER 17, 2020WASHINGTON POSTAll other Senate races hewed quite close to presidential results — and because this year’s Senate races took place largely on Republican turf, that was a big blow to Democrats’ efforts to flip the chamber.
THERE WASN’T THAT MUCH SPLIT-TICKET VOTING IN 2020NATHANIEL RAKICH (NATHANIEL.RAKICH@FIVETHIRTYEIGHT.COM)DECEMBER 2, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHTInstead of hewing to the usual limit, we created five separate lists this year.
FORTUNE’S 40 UNDER 40 HONOREES IN TECH DEFY THE PANDEMICRHHACKETTFORTUNESEPTEMBER 2, 2020FORTUNEHis object was to reach Allahabad that night—not to hew his way through opposing hordes and risk being cut down in the process.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACYDraw the belt tighter, my son, and hew me out this tree that is fallen across the road, for our campground is not here.
THE FIRST CHRISTMAS TREEHENRY VAN DYKEThen bade the King his men hew the ice and release his ships into the lake, and so went the men and set to work to hew the ice.
THE SAGAS OF OLAF TRYGGVASON AND OF HARALD THE TYRANT (HARALD HAARDRAADE)SNORRI STURLUSONLook at the swagger of the vagabond who commands his braves, would you not think he was about to hew down everything in sight?
THE PILGRIM'S SHELL OR FERGAN THE QUARRYMANEUGNE SUEThe other man was negligible—a bovine lump of flesh without personality—born to hew wood and draw water for men of enterprise.
THE HIDDEN PLACESBERTRAND W. SINCLAIRWORDS RELATED TO HEW
- blew down
- bowled over
- brought down
- cause to fell
- cleft
- cut
- cut down
- dashed
- demolished
- downed
- dropped
- flattened
- floored
- gashed
- ground
- hacked
- hewed
- knocked down
- knocked over
- lay low
- leveled
- mangled
- mowed down
- prostrated
- pulled down
- razed
- rived
- severed
- shot
- shot down
- slashed
- split
- struck down
- sundered
- threw down
- tumbled
- blowing down
- bowling over
- bringing down
- cause to falling
- cleaving
- cutting
- cutting down
- dashing
- demolishing
- downing
- dropping
- flattening
- flooring
- gashing
- grinding
- hacking
- hewing
- knocking down
- knocking over
- leveling
- lying low
- mangling
- mowing down
- prostrating
- pulling down
- razing
- riving
- severing
- shooting
- shooting down
- slashing
- splitting
- striking down
- sundering
- throwing down
- tumbling
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