weaver
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And both stars see the humor in this supposed specimen of a perfect man being born from Peter Dinklage’s queer basket weaver.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
The film has an A-list cast, with other stars including Peter Dinklage as the basket weaver, Elizabeth Debicki as the tailor's wife, and Richard E Grant as the village doctor.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
His missing forearm prevented him from immediately returning to his previous occupation as a weaver.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026
Shadrack Yao Agboli, a fugu weaver who also works with the National Commission on Culture, has a home workshop where long bands of hand-loomed fabric hang to dry in the afternoon sun.
From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026
“Even then some said that you were coming,” said the weaver.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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Rather, she supports "the weavers, the embroiderers, all those who use backstrap looms in our country -- mostly women -- who are a source of national pride," the 63-year-old recently told journalists.
From Barron's ● Jan. 2, 2026
Because “the demand for woven cloth could fluctuate wildly,” she writes, “as quickly as weavers remembered the good wages, memories of periods of acute hardship came flooding back.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
Through November, the museum features an open-air spider pavilion, a ticketed exhibit that allows visitors to walk amid hundreds of spiders known as orb weavers and their intricate webs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2025
But not all weavers have been able to access ways to work with such companies that pay decent prices, says Ms Chica.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2025
The weavers at the Massachusetts Corporation had all refused the agent’s demand that they each tend four looms and take a piece rate reduction as well.
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
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