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pew

[pyoo] / pyu /
NOUN
long backed bench
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Sitting in the pew, on its own, does nothing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

Either way, Ms. Mun has us on the edge of our pew.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

Iskef's family, sitting in a pew near the front, were consumed by grief.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2025

With Harris sitting in a front pew, Feinstein and Lockyer both demanded that the assailant face the death penalty.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2024

After the president drove off in his carriage, Guiteau walked around the side of the building to an open window near Garfield's pew.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow




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