embroider
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The admiration Ms. Footer has for Bradley is obvious, but it sometimes leads her to embroider the little that is known of his inner life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026
Season 2 feels like much more of an ensemble affair as showrunner Tony Gilroy expands the show’s focus beyond one character’s moral development to more thoroughly embroider others that are just as worthwhile.
From Salon ● Apr. 22, 2025
Grandmothers told stories of their mothers teaching them to embroider.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2023
"I thought I'm going to buy a modern dress" and then embroider it with the fern motif of the privy council "as a nod to the past".
From BBC ● May 11, 2023
On Tuesdays, after lunch, while she would embroider on the porch, he would keep her happy company.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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At the same workshop, Getu Derza, 48, carefully embroiders colourful silk threads into intricate patterns.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2025
The large fabric “mapestries” that she embroiders with topographical details add to her affiliation with traditional craftspeople.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2024
The supplier embroiders school logos in-house on a range of products including jumpers, sweatshirts, polo shirts and school bags.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2023
A little bit of personal detail embroiders the investigators’ lives, just enough to indicate that feds are people, too.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2021
Gisa embroiders at the table, making something beautiful and exquisite and entirely beyond my comprehension.
From "Red Queen" by Victoria Aveyard
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Municipal Softball League: The Feeneys’ jerseys featured black patches embroidered with “JBK” for Jamie Bailey Krug, the first of the original founders to make it back to home base in the sky.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
I squeezed into a seat next to an aging veteran wearing a uniform and a cap embroidered with Dearborn.
From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2026
At the time, a similar cap -- white, with gold embroidered letters -- was for sale on The Trump Organization website for $55.
From Barron's ● Apr. 21, 2026
They made their vows standing on a cloth embroidered with their names, then moved with their guests to a nearby café.
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026
Then, with a flourish, Corrie shook open the cloth and turned it around to display a magnificent crown embroidered in red, purple, and gold.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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Kit men spent the 24 hours before Argentina faced England embroidering those shirts with numbers and the national crest.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
The mother-of-two said she works all day sewing clothes and embroidering but she can't afford baby formula for her youngest.
From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026
Although Aleys’ mother cannot read, she knows the stories of the saints and relishes embroidering them with “goriest” details to keep her children interested.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026
An A-line grey wool collarless coat had pink peonies of varying sizes splashed over it, while a shorter white wool cape was adorned with similar detailed pink and yellow peony embroidering.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 12, 2024
Instead, they passed the time by telling stories of the war in 1948, embroidering their memories with worry and tears.
From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat
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