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sew

[soh] / soʊ /
VERB
prepare fabric for clothing, covering
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PhD fashion students at DMU put on a workshop teaching pupils how to sew and mend damaged clothes.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

She said she used to purchase fabrics from the luxury department store Liberty London and her mother-in-law bought her a sewing machine and encouraged her to sew.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

There were only so many T-shirts his 700 workers could sew.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 31, 2025

In the weeks after Muir reopened, Scrabeck brought out art supplies and encouraged students to draw, sew or simply make something small — like a Valentine’s Day card.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2025

Damp ground made Nokomis’s old bones ache, so she spread out her brown cattail mat and sat down there to sew those pieces of bark together.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich




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