sew
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"Using foot-pedalling to sew uniforms is very hard because it is slow", he told AFP.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
Saar would often hire them as assistants in the studio, she explains: “We’d help her sew, or draw, or glue things together.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
PhD fashion students at DMU put on a workshop teaching pupils how to sew and mend damaged clothes.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
Others simply mocked the assertion that a new ballroom would sew up the president’s apparent security concerns.
From Salon ● May 1, 2026
She’d sew a dress that went way past my knees with ruffles and bows like a kindergartner’s party dress.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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Jordan sewed sage green curtains to conceal additional storage spaces and further brighten the space.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Lee’s mom sewed children’s clothes at a textile plant before dying of complications from a hysterectomy at 35 when Lee was 16.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 27, 2025
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
He sells overalls with rain boots sewed in to them on TikTok.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2025
And when the doctor sewed the two flaps of skin together with needle and thread, Alex flinched but never looked away.
From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers
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Much of the shirt-making process then takes place at these factories, including sewing, ironing and packaging.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
The "sewing of the loose ends" of the festival is on Saturday.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
"Her sewing machine was there. She was in tears because it's broken now. So, well, it's a tragedy. But in my family everyone is alive and for that I thank God," he said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
My mother made all our clothes on a Singer sewing machine for years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Aunt Kitty nodded in agreement, though her eyes stayed fixed on her sewing.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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It’s like watching stars being sewn into the fabric of the universe.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
The small-estate procedure does not simply eliminate the need to deal with real estate, and you already have that sewn up.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 27, 2026
The four metre by seven metre artwork was sewn and glued by a small team led by the artist, who usually works with vintage fabrics.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
BH: The two beaded dresses took over a month because every bead was hand beaded and sewn on.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Can it be sewn in by a surgeon with careful stitches?
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
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