sew
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He began experimenting with a sewing machine and, in 1846, introduced a foot-powered model that could sew 250 stitches a minute, outracing the fastest human hands by a factor of five.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
“I’m glad I’m not the one who had to sew them on originally!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
She said she used to purchase fabrics from the luxury department store Liberty London and her mother-in-law bought her a sewing machine and encouraged her to sew.
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
Saar’s mother, Beatrice Lillian Parson, taught her how to sew when she was around 10 years old.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026
He threaded the needle—difficult, with the rocking of the boat—and began to sew the tear in tight, overlapping stitches.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
She’d hired a local BBQ judge who emptied out a hog, stuffed it with pulled pork and sewed it back together.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
Ireland sewed up the play-off place in the group thanks to Troy Parrott's 96th-minute hat-trick goal handing them a 3-2 win over third-placed Hungary.
From Barron's ● Nov. 16, 2025
The 132-pound turtle was taken into Long Beach’s Aquarium of the Pacific, where veterinarians removed the fishing line and sewed the wounds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2025
He sells overalls with rain boots sewed in to them on TikTok.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2025
I sewed him a dragon shirt to protect him, even leaving in my needle, said Lady Meng.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
Founded in 1862 by Adam Opel, the company produced sewing machines and later bicycles, before venturing into car manufacturing in 1899 at its Ruesselsheim site.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
To help meet growing demand, it is appealing for local sewing groups to volunteer their time and skills so more unwanted clothing can be given a second life rather than ending up in landfill.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
“We literally reached senators and little old ladies’ sewing circles and everyone else,” Busby recalled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
It features the base of an old sewing machine pasted over with a cigar box wrapper and the oft-reoccurring theme of a moon, sun and stars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
One by one, they dropped into a tin can with a dull plink, and the surgeon then began sewing up the wound.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
The full length was hand sewn by Grant to "make it nice and flat as Venezuela walked and I used an embroidery machine to do the edging round the side".
From BBC ● May 20, 2026
All of this ambiguity is intentional, sewn into the script with as much care as Sam stitches her dresses.
From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2026
Some old threads are sewn up and others remain painfully open.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
That genius Andrew Friedman has seemingly perfectly and tightly sewn together another title team.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 2026
“Ripped his shirt,” Lady Meng whispered, and Pinmei thought about the dragon shirt Lady Meng had sewn.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
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