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stitch

[stich] / stɪtʃ /
VERB
join together
Synonyms


VERB
sew
Synonyms


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It was all part of a gargantuan effort to stitch together a comprehensive inventory.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

A treat for trivia fans: Which simple stitch is the basis for all other stitches?

From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2026

"It's garbage. It's a stitch up job," he added.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

Such men were known as rhapsodes, those who stitch songs together, and their specialty was Homer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

While she pressed her hand against a painful stitch in her side, she heard a booming sound in the distance.

From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty

A popular Turkish comedian went on trial on Monday for allegedly insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and other offences during a stand-up performance, offering a quick-witted defence that had much of the courtroom in stitches.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

A week after her surgery, Nikita removed her own stitches.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

For his part, the unnamed 17-year-old said in a since-deleted social media post that he suffered six fractured vertebrae and a badly bruised tailbone and needed nine stitches in his foot.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

SINGAPORE—Take a nearly finished shirt in China, ship it to Cambodia, put a few stitches in it and call it Cambodian.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

And even though our adventures almost always ended up with me getting bruises, bumps, scars, and even stitches, I wouldn’t have wanted it any other way.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

Using keyhole surgery, Theo's organs were then gently pushed back inside his abdomen, which was stitched closed.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

The finished product was more like a compilation of shot-for-shot music video and live performance recreations, stitched together with vignettes depicting a tepid version of Jackson’s real, tumultuous life.

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026

While the tracks blend without interruption, many are stitched together with brief ambient interludes, during which Madonna often offers spiritual incantations about the healing power of music.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

At the camp, nearly 200 families are crammed into fragile shelters stitched together from straw, torn fabric and sheets of plastic.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

On the pocket someone had stitched a strange, three-letter word.

From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau

Designed by Adrian, the big cat has shoelace-style stitching running up his belly and detachable slippers tipped with sharp claws.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

The Five-Pocket Tote has classic denim details such as belt loops, shank buttons and bar tack stitching.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

Morgan analyst Tien-Tsin Huang asked about the deals on the earnings call, saying that the combined effort seemed to come with “above-average risk … because you’re stitching together the three assets.”

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 18, 2026

It may well be true that stitching multicultural communities together requires us to be more curious, inclusive neighbors.

From Slate ● May 26, 2026

It is well worn and the stitching is coming loose.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone




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