knit

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At Milan Fashion Week on Thursday, the Prada show opened with cozy knit sweaters and multi-coloured scarves, only for garments to be ripped open, exposed and distressed as the catwalk continued.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

She’s dedicated to keeping her community closely knit and protected.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2026

Aleys acknowledges the contentment of the Beguines, understanding that their communal labors knit their “hopes, their labor, even their disagreements” as “strands in a single weave.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

The attack fell like a thunderbolt on the country’s tightly knit Jewish community.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025

He saw the look, knit his heavy eyebrows, rubbed his hands, and marched abruptly away, saying he’d be back directly.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott