sew
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"Using foot-pedalling to sew uniforms is very hard because it is slow", he told AFP.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
BH: I didn’t know how to sew when I went, but I learned everything really fast.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
But regardless, he said, Democrats would have to find a way to "sew these two very large groups back together" if they wanted to reverse recent election losses.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
We have a big couch, and I sew while Jake watches movies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
Today, my home economics teacher is teaching us how to sew aprons.
From "Betty Before X" by Ilyasah Shabazz and Renée Watson
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“My father built a cabin and gardened; we raised chickens and sheep. My mother was a schoolteacher who sewed all my clothes and dolls.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
The surviving brothers carried on, wearing, Paul later recalled, American uniforms with French patches sewed on.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
Ireland sewed up the play-off place in the group thanks to Troy Parrott's 96th-minute hat-trick goal handing them a 3-2 win over third-placed Hungary.
From Barron's ● Nov. 16, 2025
He sells overalls with rain boots sewed in to them on TikTok.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2025
There, light from the window of thick oiled paper falling golden on their faces, the two young women sewed and talked.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
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She has never been able to return to work, though she volunteers with NI Chest Heart and Stroke and enjoys sewing.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
I drove the aging four-cylinder Ford Escort my grandmother had lent me, a car not much faster than her sewing machine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Research published last year suggested that, of a typical £85 shirt, £8.50 covers fabric, sewing and shipping, £37.45 goes to the retailer, £16.25 to the manufacturer, £9.50 on marketing and £13.60 in VAT.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
"Her sewing machine was there. She was in tears because it's broken now. So, well, it's a tragedy. But in my family everyone is alive and for that I thank God," he said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
At our local sewing shop, you can buy Cleopatra’s Needle thread and other goodies.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
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Atop that, there’s a lush landscape sewn with 6,000 native plants.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
"He is always with us," says Bowsley, referring to 'Hitchy #1' which has been sewn on to the back of the club's shirts.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
It’s like watching stars being sewn into the fabric of the universe.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
The small-estate procedure does not simply eliminate the need to deal with real estate, and you already have that sewn up.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 27, 2026
“And I’m going to replace this zipper, too, Inés. It’s sewn in crooked; didn’t you notice? There are more curves in it than a river.”
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
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