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[seem] / sim /


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Following news of his exit from Old Trafford, BBC Sport learned other counties would be interested in signing the seam bowler.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

The umpires then deemed the light too poor for seam bowling to continue, however, and after three overs of spin with the new ball the players left the field.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

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

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

He fidgeted with his coat seam and then said, “Did I make him angry?”

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

Its tight curves and angled seams recall aeronautic skins, giving the surface a sense of buzzing movement — an appropriate preview for what’s inside.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

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

Writers have always had to break the spell of composition to inspect their creation’s seams.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

But just then, a piercing pink light appears outside, and a low, opaque mist begins to creep through the seams of your tent.

From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026

Mama had to let the seams out for me to fit into it.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce

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

Many scenes play out in candlelight and leaping shadows, with Marius Panduru’s camera crawling close to seamed faces and veined forearms.

From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2024

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

From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2021

It’s made of thin cotton/modal French terry, which is flat on one side and looped on the other—the robe has seamed, decorative panels that reveal both sides of the fabric.

From Slate ● Nov. 16, 2018

He had a strange, seamed, bald head, a lined face.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin

With pitches in Australia tougher than ever and the refined Kookaburra seaming more, driving is fraught with far more danger these days.

From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2025

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

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

A gleam, like lightning seaming a black cloud irregularly, for a moment transfigured the face of the ex-brigand of Ronda.

From The Firebrand by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett


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