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hewing

verb as in cut

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Bondi’s careful hewing to Trump’s preferred political line — while tiptoeing around some of the aspects that might be less expedient for confirmation — highlighted her close connection to Trump and his political operation.

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In Lipsky’s opinion, prosecuting companies for hewing one way or another politically is unlikely to hold up in court.

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Traditional European breweries — like those run by Belgian monks hewing to centuries-old methods — retain the fruity signature of yeast in its untamed, lupine form, he said.

In all areas of life, Hong Kong is hewing closer to mainland China, blurring distinctions that once cemented the city’s status as mostly free from the politics of Beijing.

But she ended up hewing closer to the path of Jeff Flake, a former Arizona Republican senator who stood against then-President Donald Trump and became a pariah in in his party.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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