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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

They dig deep and meandering tunnels - and hew out rocks to sell to mostly Chinese buyers, who then extract copper.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 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

Zoe Kazan’s Cathy, which closely hews to Steinbeck’s original vision, defies easy assumptions about a woman’s wants and needs.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

Aside from moving the play to a new culture more than a century after it was originally set, Mr. Stone hews closely to Chekhov’s text, although he has eliminated or conflated a few minor characters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2025

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

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2025

Far—very far from that—for as the work progressed, I exclaimed— “‘Behold, Vitangela, how the scalpel hews that form so loved by thee!

From Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf by George W. M. (George William MacArthur) Reynolds

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

Then Frodo stepped up to the great grey net, and hewed it with a wide sweeping stroke, drawing the bitter edge swiftly across a ladder of close-strung cords, and at once springing away.

From "The Two Towers" 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

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

A notched and broken sword lay by him, as if he had hewn at the rock in his last despair.

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

Though far from being a “gritty” period drama, “Little House” does attempt to capture the realities and complexities of its place and time, while still hewing to Wilder’s original themes of resilience, hope and family.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

Johann Sebastian Bach composed some of his best works by hewing to a self-imposed fugal format.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 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

As for mere hacking and hewing, there has been enough of that to be had in Europe, Asia, and America of late, and very well described too, by numerous "our correspondents."

From Old New Zealand A Tale of the Good Old Times; and A History of the War in the North against the Chief Heke, in the Year 1845 by A Pakeha Maori