pew
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In her student days, for stress relief, Ms. Chan would lie on a pew and gaze upon this “airy canopy of stone.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
Either way, Ms. Mun has us on the edge of our pew.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
Now, she sat on a wooden pew for evening Mass at her 121-year-old Catholic parish in Hollywood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2025
A few hours before the memorial service began, Kasselia had been sitting in a pew in his empty church, trying to make sense of it.
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2025
She is sitting in a pew, waiting for Arthur to finish up his conversation with Deacon Boyd.
From "Betty Before X" by Ilyasah Shabazz and Renée Watson
NEW YORK—For years, churches have worried about empty pews.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026
The Pot Noodles on the pews were a surprise the funeral director thought up.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026
That attitude appears to be resonating in the pews.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2026
By streaming standards, that’s enough to keep anyone planted in their living room’s pews.
From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2026
Two columns of about a hundred rosewood pews stretched beneath a vaulted glass ceiling that let in so much light that no candles were needed during the day.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
