knit
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He’s got sheep on his knit hat, and he’s a sheep at heart.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
“It used to be a very close knit group of film critics, and now it’s kind of expanded because people have more of a voice on the internet.”
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
His father was killed at the bitter end of the war, fighting for Marshal Tito, the leader who managed to knit together the multi-ethnic state of Yugoslavia and suppress simmering enmities.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
As Weber explains, "they send the newly formed nuclei of their daughter cells gliding across long distances to repopulate the damaged area of the brain and knit the astrocyte network back together."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
“Not so good. All she wants to do is knit and listen to audiobooks, and nobody did the laundry.”
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
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And Michael Olise, the breakout star of this tournament, has five assists as he knits the team together.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
This meant vintage Levi’s, worn tees, thrift-store knits, “pieces that feel inherited or accumulated over time.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
"She's very introverted. She likes to stay home and do little hobbies. She knits and crochets."
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
These knits have become synonymous with the holiday season.
From Slate ● Dec. 12, 2024
But I suspect the nicest pair she knits will be for you.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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These conductive fibers transformed the knitted structures into soft, stretchable electric switches that change electrical state when the fabric snaps from one configuration to another.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
Morgan research report External link highlighted how hardware and software can be knitted together to constructing an electrical network that will meet future demands and reduce vulnerabilities.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
Her family arranged the special community party, which saw children and adults from the village cheering and thanking her for the knitted gifts.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
Shafer noticed he could wear a T-shirt while pruning trees instead of the usual hooded sweatshirt and knitted hat.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026
Ella reached down to pick up the knitted square—a picture of the egg and the winning lottery ticket number stretched across it.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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But it does make mistakes when Vera wants to talk about knitting, often mishearing essential words and offering conversations on "biscuits and cakes" and "music, television, the garden or something else".
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
It is crucial to the city’s long-term plan of knitting together 300 miles of bikeways by 2040 to bring bicycle culture to Long Beach, as well as create safer streets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
The team selected highly elastic yarns and used a knitting method called plating, which places different yarns on opposite faces of the textile.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
“These nebulous and overtly conjectural allegations do not come close to knitting Ganieva, Harris, and Rubenstein together in any solid or coherent way in concerted acts towards a common end,” the judge wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
No fuzzy chicks, no bags of seeds for the greenhouse, no new knitting needles or garden trowels or other tools.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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