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In a run that began in August 2022 and ended with the fourth Ashes Test in Melbourne in December, Root was lbw to seam bowlers in Test cricket on only three occasions.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

The right-hander, whose best Test score remains 91, countered excessive seam movement and uneven bounce by showing attacking intent, hitting six fours and two sixes.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

As the light drew in, Root was dismissed by Mohammad Ali for 24, the captain once again lbw to a seam bowler in what has become a trend for England's all-time leading run-scorer.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

An entertaining left-handed batter and bowler of seam and spin, Sobers played 93 Tests between 1954 and 1974, scoring 8,032 runs and taking 235 wickets.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

I jammed my finger into an open pocket in the seam, wiggled it until the tape split, and the flowery paper fell away like a snake shedding its skin.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen

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

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

Their Empire waistlines were more like delineating seams that hit somewhere at the ribcage.

From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026

I dug through the pile of things, found my old coat as well, and ripped out the seams.

From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz

"I definitely felt like it was tricky early on. It seamed around with the new ball and they put it in the right spots," Tribe said.

From BBC ● May 24, 2026

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

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

Faces are no longer seamed, nor are raindrops stippled on the windowpane, cats high-tailed in a turf war, postage stamps vividly illustrative.

From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2016

But his strong, seamed face, which always looked cheerful, today looked radiant.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

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

After the entire first day was washed out by rain, India chose to bat on a lively, seaming pitch and were dismissed for the third-lowest total in their Test history.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2024

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

Present samples of seaming, hemming, darning, and either knitting or crocheting, and press out a Scout uniform, as sample of ironing.

From Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts by Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon