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[nit] / nɪt /


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The United Arab Emirates champions its openness to foreign investment and entrepreneurs, she said, but its huge sovereign-wealth funds and tightly knit Emirati elite mean outsiders are always competing against the government.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

"The challenge wasn't how are we going to shoot the balls but how is everything going to knit together so we can do it the quickest," he said.

From BBC May 27, 2026

The snag is: You have to knit the fox-emblazoned cardigan Ryan Gosling wears in “Project Hail Mary” yourself.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 2, 2026

She wore a yellow knit beanie, gold hoop earrings and the relieved grin of a woman who has finally checked a mammogram off her to-do list.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 3, 2026

It’s a chilly evening, and I have on my white knit hat.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

And Michael Olise, the breakout star of this tournament, has five assists as he knits the team together.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 2026

Having said that, the champion almost always knits together a blend of experience, recent form, distance off the tee and a crisp short game.

From BBC Apr. 9, 2025

These knits have become synonymous with the holiday season.

From Slate Dec. 12, 2024

Overalls, oversize knits and a faux fur hat that Snell sourced but didn’t end up using for the Tilda Swinton movie “The Eternal Daughter” are part of Rona’s contrasting rural aesthetic.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 12, 2024

There’s this cool girl, Autumn, who wears a bandanna and she knits.

From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya

New York City added more than 1.33 million residents between 1900 and 1910—the most people for any decade, ever, aside from when the city’s boroughs were knitted together in their current form.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 2026

Morgan research report External link highlighted how hardware and software can be knitted together to constructing an electrical network that will meet future demands and reduce vulnerabilities.

From Barron's Jun. 10, 2026

Shafer noticed he could wear a T-shirt while pruning trees instead of the usual hooded sweatshirt and knitted hat.

From Los Angeles Times May 19, 2026

The Ava Gardner of 1987, in her knitted shawl and high-bridge spectacles, seems to carry no sense of mystery.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 17, 2026

She placed the kitten in the box, removed her own scarf—a rainbow-colored piece she had knitted herself—and tucked it around the kitten.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser

With spinning, weaving, dyeing and knitting facilities -- the Glo-Djigbe site exported its first garments in 2024 for the French retailer Kiabi, followed by other international brands such as US Polo.

From Barron's Jul. 10, 2026

The result is that people now see shared pursuits — a weekly tennis game, a book club, a knitting circle — as potential products to claim and monetize.

From Salon Jul. 7, 2026

Other recent events have focused on “lost arts,” including sewing, knitting and jewelry making, in which Edenwald residents have offered instruction and bins of yarn.

From The Wall Street Journal May 30, 2026

And the 43-year-old achieved just that, successfully breaking the current world record for knitting the longest scarf while competing in the 26.2-mile race.

From BBC Apr. 27, 2026

Everyone's eyes followed the noise straight to Brigit and her knitting needles.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton




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