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They make some of their own weapons, and hew to domestic priorities that, until the summer, kept them on the sidelines of the war between the U.S. and Iran.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

In the primary, voters appeared to hew closely to political party lines.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 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

Ernest had sought to get Time to hew to his practice of spreading credit broadly, but was only partially successful.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

While the new release, out now on Atlantic, hews closely to the dancefloor concept, it’s a missed opportunity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

It isn’t yet clear how close that opinion hews to Selig’s own.

From Barron's ● Nov. 19, 2025

The first act hews to the documentary in a flatly straightforward fashion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2025

The ordinary collier is paid by piecework—so much per ton for all the coal he hews.

From A Safety Match by Ian Hay

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

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026

Chaucer, Shakespeare and Milton are examples of authors who hewed closely to writers who had come before them.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 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

Only the charge of Dol Amroth had saved him from the red southland swords that would have hewed him as he lay.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien

He said there was a large military presence in Lalibela, famous for being home to 13th Century churches hewn from rock and a holy site for millions of Orthodox Christians.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Charles and Caroline are a handsome couple, with Pa hewn in the rugged spirit immortalized by Michael Landon in the 1970s TV classic.

From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026

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

In steep places stairs of stone had been hewn, but now they were cracked and worn, and split by the roots of trees.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

Based on the 2020 novel by Janice Hadlow, “The Other Bennet Sister” begins within the “Pride and Prejudice” storyline, hewing close to the plot first published in 1813, though telling it from Mary’s perspective.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026

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

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

Mr. Smith’s legal team, hewing to its long-held position of trying to conduct the trial before Election Day, requested a date of July 8.

From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2024

In the editions of Group I. the woodcut on the title page represents a miner hewing ore in a vein and two others working a windlass.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola