weave
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Depending upon the size and design of the carpet, a piece can take a group of artisans up to a year to weave.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
Wrexham's new home shirt pays tribute to their stadium, the Racecourse Ground, with a pattern reflecting the old Kop's barriers embossed into the weave of the fabric.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
Board members asked if residual ammonia could be leaking from the open pipes that weave throughout the building.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Cotton and linen are often comfortable because they absorb moisture and allow air movement, although fabric weave, thickness and moisture handling also matter.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
Ever since then, we know that those people who can make magic with their words, who can make poems and sagas and weave tales, have tasted the mead of poetry.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
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That would break the spell Miyazaki weaves in every frame leading up to that moment.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
They are the well-oiled collection of busy little players who keep the ball like no one else—the side that measures every touch, weaves complex passing patterns and never, ever seems flustered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Elon Green weaves the mystery’s disparate threads into a single, unforgettable narrative.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
A new species of spider which weaves a catapult-like silk trap to snare a single type of ant has been discovered in the remote rainforests of northern Australia.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
Werner weaves the antenna through the rubbled ceiling and touches it to a twisted pipe.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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Governments are so in awe of the tales weaved by tech bros about the coming artificial-intelligence future, she says, that they have given them a free pass to do pretty much whatever they want.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026
On a Wednesday in February in the Coachella Valley, more than two dozen farmworkers weaved up and down rows of strawberries, their gloved hands flicking quickly to pluck the fruit and stash it in boxes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026
Feyi-Waboso then weaved his way through half the Munster defence to give Chiefs a 31-0 lead at the break.
From BBC ● Apr. 4, 2026
“Before the incident, students routinely weaved through multiple lanes of traffic to access parked cars or to make their way to parents picking them up,” the suit reads.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 31, 2025
The Witchlings got up and weaved through the crowd toward the front of the room.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
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While players came and went, Jeanie was a constant presence who wove the Lakers into the fabric of her daily life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
At a recent performance of his Valiant symphony in Chennai, he explained how he wove Schubert's Unfinished Symphony into Idhayam Pogudhey, a song from the 1979 Tamil film Puthiya Vaarpukkal.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026
After just four overs from the quicks, the spinners took centre stage and wove a web around the Sri Lankan batters, much as they had throughout the tour.
From Barron's ● Feb. 3, 2026
I glanced up at the windows of my old office as I biked back toward home, then wove among buses and trolleys on Market Street thinking of how I missed even my commute.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
It went positively desertlike when Taryn waggled her eyebrows at Ivy and wove her arm through Drew’s, leaving Ivy and June alone.
From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake
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The hand-spun yarn dyed in natural colours is woven on handlooms, packing in between 300 and several thousand knots per square inch, depending on the intricacy of the design.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
The stadium hosted high-profile local and national sporting events, served as a movie set for Evel Knievel and became woven into the fabric of the city.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
Chambers agrees, and says even during the hottest weather, woven flats are a better option because they are breathable while still covering the foot.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
But I have somehow assembled enough glittering people and enough secondhand objects — a woven rug, cushions, low tables, an impossible number of candles — that it feels like a tiny seventh-floor pop-up restaurant.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
Weapons glistened amid stacks of helmets; woven baskets held brooches, collar-pieces, and chains.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
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The clouds decided to cluster above and surprise me midtrip, releasing the rain down hard as I finished the journey, weaving as strategically as possible to avoid getting splashed by the cars next to me.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
Videos showing riders performing stunts, weaving through traffic and travelling at speed can attract hundreds of thousands of views.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Dr. Snyder began by weaving together evidentiary strands collected by other investigators in the 1950s and ’60s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Once wary of artificial intelligence, Hollywood is now striking up partnerships with AI start-ups and weaving the technology into productions more and more openly -- all while insisting the creative process itself will remain untouched.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
I’ve taken a bunch of classes in the past, like tap dancing, kung fu, and basket weaving.
From "Zara’s Rules for Record-Breaking Fun" by Hena Khan
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