weave
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Waiters weave through packed aisles carrying foaming one-liter mugs, and strangers at long wooden tables quickly become friends.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
His widow joined a weaving collective of genocide survivors, working long hours on a back-strap loom to weave the beautiful, intricate geometric designs that Ixil women are famous for.
From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2026
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
A weave of wind behind his tail was blowing his footprints away.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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Actor Paul Rudd is also a Jayhawk, while lifelong fan Jason Sudeikis grew up in Kansas and frequently weaves KU references into his work.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 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
Elon Green weaves the mystery’s disparate threads into a single, unforgettable narrative.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
He weaves slightly on bowed legs, casting an uneven light from the swinging lantern.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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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
She gazed at her grandson Adel as he weaved his way around the fabric and rope of the tent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026
Back toward the fish market, she dodged shoppers and weaved through a group of people with piercings.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
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He was one of the few who wove what was happening in the country into his material.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 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
I wove the basket from my neighbor’s tree bark.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026
Directors Raja Feather Kelly and Zack Winokur wove the scenes together with a choreographic sensibility that defined moments in time as well as its inexorable passage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026
Nell carefully wove the little boat through the maze of uprooted trees and wreckage.
From "I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005" by Lauren Tarshis
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Then come the chips: hot, sturdy, generously salted, piled into black woven baskets alongside ramekins of fire-engine-red mild salsa and a darker, spicier version flecked with onion and jalapeño.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026
The monal, a pheasant native to Himalayan mountain forests, is deeply woven into the region's cultural, folklore and identity.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
But in the 1960s, she fused her mandala-faces and landscapes into dense, mysterious worlds—relief-like frontal fields in which deities, animals and foliage, woven together, blossom and interchange between figure and ground.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
China also remains deeply woven into Apple’s manufacturing network, even as the company shifts more production to countries including India and Vietnam.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
Father Cham reached into a pouch he kept tied at his side and pulled out a long woven cord.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
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With Hartnett weaving through the entire story, it’s nearly impossible to get a handle on what’s really going on in “Verity.”
From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026
Maryam sat weaving a hat to sell so she could buy food for the day.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
While the conference’s other top teams spent the day licking their wounds, here, once again, was Mosley weaving joyfully through the open field and conjuring the very same magic from thin air.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
The prosthesis helped him return to weaving, but that was not his only source of income.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026
He’d sit in his chair on the veranda weaving mats or fish traps, or mending tools and household implements with Mawuli and me while Ma and Klenam cooked.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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