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sew

[soh] / soʊ /
VERB
prepare fabric for clothing, covering
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But regardless, he said, Democrats would have to find a way to "sew these two very large groups back together" if they wanted to reverse recent election losses.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

She had always been creative, experimenting with watercolors and learning to sew and embroider at a young age.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

We have a big couch, and I sew while Jake watches movies.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

Others simply mocked the assertion that a new ballroom would sew up the president’s apparent security concerns.

From Salon May 1, 2026

I’d have to sew it up really fast.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce

Ireland sewed up the play-off place in the group thanks to Troy Parrott's 96th-minute hat-trick goal handing them a 3-2 win over third-placed Hungary.

From Barron's Nov. 16, 2025

While the girls sewed, a nun read aloud so that no-one talked.

From BBC Nov. 15, 2025

Amabile says she has an older sister who for years sewed Halloween costumes for her family.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 15, 2025

The 132-pound turtle was taken into Long Beach’s Aquarium of the Pacific, where veterinarians removed the fishing line and sewed the wounds.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 19, 2025

They could no longer afford lantern oil, so she burned branches, and when her eyes watered from the smoke, she sewed her tears into the lotus ponds.

From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin

A pile of mending projects in my sewing room filled a shelf.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 8, 2026

Begum, who did not give her first name, told AFP she had been turned away by many factories in Gazipur despite having experience in sewing and hemming.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

To help meet growing demand, it is appealing for local sewing groups to volunteer their time and skills so more unwanted clothing can be given a second life rather than ending up in landfill.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

It features the base of an old sewing machine pasted over with a cigar box wrapper and the oft-reoccurring theme of a moon, sun and stars.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

IT WAS THE third of May; I was sitting on my cot sewing.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Paraguay later in the day to find out if they’d have Group D completely sewn up before even playing their third match.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 19, 2026

The full length was hand sewn by Grant to "make it nice and flat as Venezuela walked and I used an embroidery machine to do the edging round the side".

From BBC May 20, 2026

All of this ambiguity is intentional, sewn into the script with as much care as Sam stitches her dresses.

From Salon Apr. 24, 2026

That genius Andrew Friedman has seemingly perfectly and tightly sewn together another title team.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 22, 2026

When Chucha first saw it, she told Mami to take the dress back to the seamstress and have that rip sewn up.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez




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