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knit

[nit] / nɪt /


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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

Turner said that indie bookstores in L.A. are a closely knit group, one that is “remarkably collaborative and collegial.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 21, 2026

Her opening look - a white T-shirt, a half-zipped knit, loose jeans - set a template that has now followed her to the Met Gala.

From BBC May 9, 2026

“I’ll knit these shawls as fast as I can, and we will take them to Ballilee straight away and sell them.”

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

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

In keeping with the tradition of Yuletide pullovers, Yiayia knits a bright-red Christmas sweater adorned with tassels and bells for her grandson’s dog.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 4, 2025

Having said that, the champion almost always knits together a blend of experience, recent form, distance off the tee and a crisp short game.

From BBC Apr. 9, 2025

These knits have become synonymous with the holiday season.

From Slate Dec. 12, 2024

There’s this cool girl, Autumn, who wears a bandanna and she knits.

From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya

She grew up in poverty and in her 1971 hit Coat of Many Colours describes how she would wear rags which her "mama" had knitted together to school.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

"Instead, their lives will be knitted into the narrative that everything they did transformed China into what it is now, rather than dwell on any other 'What If's'."

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

New York City added more than 1.33 million residents between 1900 and 1910—the most people for any decade, ever, aside from when the city’s boroughs were knitted together in their current form.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 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

They pulled off their knitted skullcaps and slapped one another upside the head with them.

From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia

“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

But then it is about knitting the new players together and connecting early on.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

Apple under Tim Cook’s leadership has illustrated the virtues of sticking to one’s knitting.

From MarketWatch Aug. 2, 2026

With spinning, weaving, dyeing and knitting facilities -- the Glo-Djigbe site exported its first garments in 2024 for the French retailer Kiabi, followed by other international brands such as US Polo.

From Barron's Jul. 10, 2026

Inside sat Brigit's money-card and a few knitting needles.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton




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