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[weev] / wiv /


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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

As activists gather beneath tarpaulin sheets in New Delhi, often holding all-night political debates, singing or reciting poetry, delivery drivers from online platforms weave through the barricades.

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

Robotaxis weave through traffic alongside ordinary cars, while autonomous delivery vans glide along the inside lane as they carry packages to collection points.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

We work side by side, using flat-bottomed trowels and occasionally shears to cut the vines and roots that weave through the blanket of dirt.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson

Maddi is a complete crowd favorite who’s fearless up there — she owns her truth, weaves in her background and delivers every time.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

He says the book uses ginger hair as "a golden thread" that weaves together America's diverse and difficult history in a way which shows a connection between people.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

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

He weaves across the road in figure eights, then around me in circles, then rides beside me again.

From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven

Linda Cantey had the sound of her mobile turned off the night the Atlas Wildfire weaved a path of destruction through her section of Napa, California.

From BBC Jun. 3, 2026

Throughout the video, Parton weaved her cheery demeanor and wit in with the more serious tidbits about her health and grief.

From Los Angeles Times May 4, 2026

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

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

Cat and Harriet weaved their way through the crowds.

From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn

I have objects he created between music and acting jobs, including art he wove.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 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

The idea of craft is, to her, “like regarding a vast tapestry and saying, This is how I wove the blue part.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 9, 2026

I spotted Fred and followed him as he wove his way through the people.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen

Parton's image is similarly woven into public minds: always camp, always glamorous, always smiling and always kind.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

Garner raises them primarily for meat and fiber, which is woven into all manner of snuggly garments — cardigans, parkas, scarves and more.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2026

Reflecting on my childhood, I can see creativity woven into my family.

From Los Angeles Times 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

I sat it on the windowsill to dry, along with my bracelet Doc had woven back together after I saved the wolf.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce

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

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

Together, they form a rich yet incomplete portrait of an existence cut short, which McElwee hopes to broaden by weaving in meaning from before and after Adrian’s life, all captured by McElwee’s omnipresent camera.

From Salon Jul. 24, 2026

In the group stages, Kerim Alajbegovic's goal for Bosnia-Herzegovina against Qatar was a superb solo effort - a weaving run before a rising right-foot shot of high class.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

Her eyes traveled along the cracks in the sky, weaving overhead like thin black threads.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray




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