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[seem] / sim /


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He was also a brilliantly versatile bowler, who bowled spin and seam.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

On Saturday, 22-year-old seam bowler Kranti Gaud became the first woman on the bowling board after taking five for 37 in England's first innings.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

In that time, 13 other men bowled seam in Test cricket for England.

From BBC Jun. 4, 2026

Where Robinson excelled was in expert use of the helpful conditions with immaculate line and length, topped off with fingertip control to have the ball skipping off the seam.

From BBC Jun. 4, 2026

There was a rip along the seam where a page had been torn out.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

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

The unmoving, shallow water can’t help but grow algae in the beating sun, and since the concrete expands and contracts with shifting temperatures, any seals along the seams have struggled to remain watertight.

From Slate Jun. 19, 2026

Their Empire waistlines were more like delineating seams that hit somewhere at the ribcage.

From Salon Jun. 12, 2026

He experimented with a variety of change-ups, searching across the seams in the hopes of finding a suitable alternative to his blistering fastball.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 31, 2026

Overstuffed suitcases tied with ropes or hastily taped together had given way, and people’s underwear, baby diapers, and ratty shoes pushed through the stressed seams where everyone could see them.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

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

Waist-length or cropped puffers were seamed to bulge in various cumulonimbus forms.

From New York Times Mar. 3, 2020

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

Of the three grimy windows, one has a jagged hole in the upper- right corner and one is seamed with spidery cracks.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

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

In England, seaming conditions will test adaptability, technique and mental grit - especially for the batters.

From BBC Jun. 16, 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

Involuntarily I glanced aside, and saw in a mirror the reflection of a tall man with a thick beard and moustaches, gray eyes, and an ugly scar seaming the face from nose to ear.

From When Love Calls by Weyman, Stanley John




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