sown
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Mr. Nayler develops these civilizational portrayals in a story skillfully sown with dramatic surprises.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Yet so much of the media coverage around Kennedy, especially lately, has focused more on his personality and lurid life history rather than the chaos and destruction he has sown.
From Salon • Nov. 29, 2025
Those sown in August are currently just tiny blue-green shoots.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025
The spread to Chile of organized crime gangs originating in Venezuela, Peru and other countries has sown terror among the population, causing a lurch to the right.
From Barron's • Nov. 6, 2025
A germ of religious exaltation, no bigger than a mustard seed, was sown in me and left to germinate.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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