pew
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Every Sunday, he would go from pew to pew greeting parishioners.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026
Sitting in the pew, on its own, does nothing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026
Either way, Ms. Mun has us on the edge of our pew.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
Iskef's family, sitting in a pew near the front, were consumed by grief.
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2025
I slid into a pew as Calvin clamped the handle of the saw between his knees, with the saw teeth pointing toward him.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
By streaming standards, that’s enough to keep anyone planted in their living room’s pews.
From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2026
“I know he has a track record,” said Valerie Bland, a 63-year-old former port worker from Long Beach, as she watched Villaraigosa work the pews.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2026
Simple pews take up a small portion of the subdued space, whose altar is backed by a bright window framing a centuries-old sculpture of the Virgin and Christ Child.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
Some of the hymns and liturgy were the same as those sung by Anglicans around the world, but there were also differences, like the upbeat worship music that had the congregation dancing in the pews.
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2026
Before long, the congregation had grown so large that he moved elsewhere and refurnished the house with rows of wooden pews and a tiled fountain in the place once occupied by the family’s television set.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
