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[seem] / sim /


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Five of Maiava’s first seven completions went to Kayden Dixon-Wyatt, one of which came on a 31-yard strike down the seam to the freshman, who reeled in a touchdown despite tight coverage.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

With the ball darting around in the air and off the seam, the last thing Emilio Gay needed was uneven bounce.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

This was the ninth time in seven Tests he has been lbw to a seam bowler, having fallen in similar fashion only three times in his previous 39 matches.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

An entertaining left-handed batter and bowler of seam and spin, Sobers played 93 Tests between 1954 and 1974, scoring 8,032 runs and taking 235 wickets.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

She took a deep breath and wriggled her hand out of the seam.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

But just then, a piercing pink light appears outside, and a low, opaque mist begins to creep through the seams of your tent.

From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026

Writers have always had to break the spell of composition to inspect their creation’s seams.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

Reacting to the announcement, a prison officer told the BBC that they were "creaking at the seams" and that "delaying the releases until October could mean we simply run out of space".

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

He considered different shapes for the container -- like a square or even a star -- but thought it best to avoid having seams and joints, so a stainless steel cylinder won the day.

From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026

My stocking seams were straight, my black shoes cracked, but polished, and my red wool suit flamboyant as my plans.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath

Analysts CricViz calculated 48% of the deliveries seamed more than 0.75 degrees on day one in Melbourne.

From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2025

Charlotte is always tightly seamed and belted, while Lisa, a filmmaker, wears bright colors and straddles the line between adventurous pop art flair and polished affluence.

From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2025

It’s made of thin cotton/modal French terry, which is flat on one side and looped on the other—the robe has seamed, decorative panels that reveal both sides of the fabric.

From Slate ● Nov. 16, 2018

Faces are no longer seamed, nor are raindrops stippled on the windowpane, cats high-tailed in a turf war, postage stamps vividly illustrative.

From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2016

The faces are the same, too, seamed, dark-eyed, significandy boned.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

But he only lasted seven balls, edging a seaming delivery into the safe hands of Marnus Labuschagne at third slip.

From Barron's ● Nov. 21, 2025

The right-hander also played 10 false shots from 15 balls when the ball was seaming back in.

From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2025

A seminal and comprehensive history; Times critic Bharati Mukherjee called Takaki’s method “extraordinary, seaming together meticulous scholarship, impassioned analysis, popular culture and personal memoir.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2021

The contoured silhouettes with intricate seaming, embroidery and couture detailing looked deceptively more expensive than their retail price.

From New York Times ● Sep. 9, 2020

As the gloom rises up out of the earth, bands of dark red gather on the horizon, seaming the clear bronze of the sky, that passes upward into olive-color, merging in dark blue overhead.

From Ireland, Historic and Picturesque by Charles Johnston




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