pew
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Like nearly everyone I grew up around in this corner of Pennsylvania, Sundays in our house were a congregation in green, and I was the lone holdout in the pew, quietly pulling for New England.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
This column is a sacred space, where consumers and not investors have the front pew.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
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
“By staying put in that pew, a side is taken,” Jud insists to the parishioners.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025
The man said nothing else, only grabbed his jacket off the pew in front of him and walked quickly down the aisle.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
Most of the pews in St. Cecilia, where Sayre served as a Eucharistic minister and lector, were filled for his memorial mass.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026
After the judge announced his ruling, Mangione supporters in the back pews of the gallery gasped in surprise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026
They were placed on pews for them to take home.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026
By streaming standards, that’s enough to keep anyone planted in their living room’s pews.
From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2026
I stand in the aisle of the little pews, as much in the center of the church as I can get.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
