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[seem] / sim /


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Five of Maiava’s first seven completions went to Kayden Dixon-Wyatt, one of which came on a 31-yard strike down the seam to the freshman, who reeled in a touchdown despite tight coverage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

Whatever he has wanted the ball to do – to swing in or out or to wobble off the seam – it has done.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

With the ball darting around in the air and off the seam, the last thing Emilio Gay needed was uneven bounce.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

Against seam from either hand and versus off-break and slow left-arm spin, the difference in his average is within a margin of a run, sitting between 37 and 38.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

The seam of stitches pressing into my palm.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx

She told the BBC's Walescast that her former party was "completely chaotic" and was "falling apart at the seams".

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

Yet, here, there are no visible stitches, no scars or seams.

From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026

He considered different shapes for the container -- like a square or even a star -- but thought it best to avoid having seams and joints, so a stainless steel cylinder won the day.

From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026

The unmoving, shallow water can’t help but grow algae in the beating sun, and since the concrete expands and contracts with shifting temperatures, any seals along the seams have struggled to remain watertight.

From Slate ● Jun. 19, 2026

Mixed together, the stuff made caulking for the seams of their canoes.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich

Charlotte is always tightly seamed and belted, while Lisa, a filmmaker, wears bright colors and straddles the line between adventurous pop art flair and polished affluence.

From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2025

There is a kind of rigor here in the wholly invented language that the actors persuasively speak while also somehow sporting chic, seamed trousers, manicured eyebrows and trimmed beards.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2024

It moved in the air and seamed past Cameron Green's bat.

From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2021

Waist-length or cropped puffers were seamed to bulge in various cumulonimbus forms.

From New York Times ● Mar. 3, 2020

The old man glanced up at me from a lean, seamed face devoid of all expression.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin

But he only lasted seven balls, edging a seaming delivery into the safe hands of Marnus Labuschagne at third slip.

From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025

Someone who could complement Perry instead of supplanting her is fellow seaming all-rounder Tahlia McGrath, who first played for Australia in 2016 but has taken a few years to fire.

From BBC ● Feb. 8, 2022

A seminal and comprehensive history; Times critic Bharati Mukherjee called Takaki’s method “extraordinary, seaming together meticulous scholarship, impassioned analysis, popular culture and personal memoir.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2021

The contoured silhouettes with intricate seaming, embroidery and couture detailing looked deceptively more expensive than their retail price.

From New York Times ● Sep. 9, 2020

Mackay knew every bluff and ravine seaming a hundred miles of prairie; and another silent man, rising from his bunk, stood beside myself and Cotton as the sergeant traced lines across the table.

From The Mistress of Bonaventure by Harold Bindloss




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