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Like David Lynch’s “Wild at Heart,” the plotting doesn’t hew so closely to the Yellow Brick Road that its beats feel inevitable.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

The experiences of Semple’s characters hew closely to her own, and when she’s not happy, neither are they.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026

The deals appear to closely hew to the same lines as the earlier deals with Pfizer and AstraZeneca, which were seen as significant wins for the industry.

From Barron's ● Dec. 19, 2025

With changes to tax law, the Dec. 31 deadline has become almost arbitrary, yet people still hew to old habits.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 19, 2025

Four trees are wanted for the Keel, which all together will measure 146 feet in length, and hew 16 inches square.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham

In “Samurai,” Murashige hews closer to someone overwhelmed by responsibility.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

Though its narrative generally hews to a conventional left-liberal perspective, it is at its best when, like America itself, it allows room for dissent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

The deal hews closely to the template set by the agreement Trump announced with Pfizer late last month.

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2025

DeLone's hews more closely to the classic, which she says is a sort of Rhode Island staple; although the restaurant is located in West Hollywood, their focus is New England-style seafood.

From Salon ● Jun. 19, 2025

Says Dr. T. T. Munger:—   "When God afflicts thee, think he hews a rugged stone   Which must be shaped, or else aside as useless thrown."

From Making the Most of Life by J. R. (James Russell) Miller

Indeed, Walker’s Bitcoin origin story hewed closely to a common template in the Bitcoin community.

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026

Other results hewed closer to recent polling of the race.

From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026

A less-frequent Gallup survey specifically about whether the stock market will rise in the next six months hewed to the same pattern.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

Selfies were becoming more prevalent as social media grew, and standards of beauty hewed close to celebrity Kim Kardashian’s looks, especially in regards to eye makeup and products used for face contouring.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 7, 2026

The floor was made of wide, thick slabs that Grandpa had hewed from the logs with his ax.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Video released by the US Justice Department shows apparently well-made concrete steps leading into the tunnel, which appears to be hewn from rock and with a concrete floor.

From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026

But when he got it right, his lyrics had an aphoristic directness that made them seem more hewn than written.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025

Its throwing arm, currently at 12 o’clock, weighs 360 pounds and is not hewn or sanded; knots are visible in the wood.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2025

The roughly hewn goober had been strapped to the back of a logging truck, hauled across the country and parked near the White House.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2025

It was then that he suggested visiting the hills at Udayagiri and Khandagiri, where a number of monastic dwellings were hewn out of the ground, facing one another across a defile.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri

Some vessels have exited the strait after making a brief diversion through a channel between two islands off Iran’s coast, Larak and Qeshm, and hewing close to Iran’s coast.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 17, 2026

Some Chinese magnet makers have appointed compliance officers to ensure their exports are hewing to the law.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2025

But being a politician occasionally requires actual leadership, which means working to persuade voters of the merits of a position, rather than reflexively hewing to public opinion at any given moment.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2025

Traditional European breweries — like those run by Belgian monks hewing to centuries-old methods — retain the fruity signature of yeast in its untamed, lupine form, he said.

From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2024

In addition to the porterage of goods they also undertake the hewing of wood, such as is used for warming purposes in the East.

From Turkey Peeps at Many Lands by Julius R. Van Millingen