mending

Parker has been mending rifts professionally for 25 years, but she insists that her skill set shouldn’t be special.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

He promised to give priority to growth by holding the line on taxes, trimming spending, lifting barriers to infrastructure and housing, and mending relations with the European Union.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

"You don't get many people mending raw cashmere," said Wade, whose role is to meticulously inspect and darn any defects in the fabric by hand, before it is washed, cut and shipped around the world.

From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026

But the Mandelson mess makes mending what's been done that much harder.

From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2026

I knew Granddaddy would be well pleased, plus it helped keep my mind off cooking and mending.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

Fence and equipment mendings, cutting ice from ponds and rivers, chopping wood, and grubbing up trees all had a part in his busy life.

From Frying Pan Farm by Elizabeth Brown Pryor

Had she not clothes enough to last her with patient mendings and persistent remakings for two years?

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. July, 1878. by Various

The awful strain on the old rotten harness when Cherub pulled and the vehicle was held up, caused the frayed rope mendings to part and the eager horse hurried forward, leaving his unwelcome drag behind.

From Natalie: A Garden Scout by Lillian Elizabeth Roy

Their pieces of clothing appear like new mendings on old rags, or like a substantial shawl thrown over scanty vestments.

From The Delight Makers by Adolph Francis Alphonse Bandelier

The seams were white, the edges curled, the buttonholes torn in spite of many mendings; the whole presenting to the most unobservant eyes the heart-breaking stigmas of honest penury.

From The Brotherhood of Consolation by Katharine Prescott Wormeley