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But standing still is no guarantee of safety either: One woman’s hem got caught in the teeth of an escalator.

From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026

This rashguard is made for the surf with its connector at the front hem to link it to board shorts and a clutch pocket with key loop.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026

There were forms and traditions and processes, there were strictures, rules, the law, expectations, all of which would hem in the head of the executive branch, at least eventually.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026

Authorities often attempt to hem in or demolish slums rather than extend electricity, paved roads or schools to them.

From Barron's ● Jan. 16, 2026

In response, Celia takes another step toward him, the hem of her gown brushing over his shoes.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

As it enters Assam's vast floodplains, home to some 28 million people and hemmed in by hills, it slows and deposits sediment, fuelling erosion and floods.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

Officials say large canopies create a similar visibility problem in Laguna Beach, where beaches are much more narrow and often hemmed in by coves.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2026

The many fronts, Warren explained, overextended the British army and navy and prevented reinforcements from reaching Gen. Charles Cornwallis, who was hemmed in at Yorktown and would soon surrender to combined American and French forces.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

It was whether federal courts, hemmed in by the modern law of habeas corpus, are permitted to say anything meaningful about that possibility at all.

From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2026

Her family couldn't go anywhere without being stopped, having to talk to so and so, or get hemmed up into having iced tea and pound cake on somebody's porch.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

Begum, who did not give her first name, told AFP she had been turned away by many factories in Gazipur despite having experience in sewing and hemming.

From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026

She was so thrilled by my interest that she would have handed over anything that fit, and I stayed up late hemming the dress by hand.

From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026

"The hemming wasn't right, the length wasn't right. You either go on parade right or you don't go at all."

From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2026

“They’re rolling their eyes at the price, hemming and hawing about it, but if people drink cold brew, they’re getting their cold brew,” said Pedeaux.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2025

But after some hemming and hawing, he growled, “Of course. He’s my child.”

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs