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  • present participle of hew.

hewing



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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

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.

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2024

Their fields are much better kept than those of the Irayas, and they employ their spare time in felling trees and hewing them into canoes, which find a ready sale at Ilagan.

From The Inhabitants of the Philippines by Sawyer, Frederic H.



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