seam
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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
While Robinson and Archer can operate as swing bowlers as well as bowling their more natural seam, this current group's variety comes more from their plans and their specific characteristics.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
This was the ninth time in seven Tests he has been lbw to a seam bowler, having fallen in similar fashion only three times in his previous 39 matches.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
He was also a brilliantly versatile bowler, who bowled spin and seam.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
I shut the flaps and stretch a long piece of tape over the seam before patting it down.
From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio
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McElwee stitches together the past and present to find new meaning in their seams, a jagged line that runs through time and points toward the future.
From Salon ● Jul. 24, 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
He adds that, because these garments lack seams, they are streamlined and can also be manufactured on moulds that capture the contours of the human body.
From BBC ● May 18, 2026
“Plenty,” I say as I tear a brown paper bag at its seams and spread it out on the dining room table like a tablecloth.
From "Watch Us Rise" by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan
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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
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’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
The Ancient’s seamed face appeared through the fringe of reeds, and his one eye rolled from Ranofer to Heqet with an expression of exaggerated stealth.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
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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
The right-hander also played 10 false shots from 15 balls when the ball was seaming back in.
From BBC ● Jan. 6, 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
I do sew every day in Aunt Jane's room, ten minutes hemming, ten minutes seaming, and ten minutes basting patchwork squares together.
From Mary Marie by Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter
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