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sew

[soh] / soʊ /
VERB
prepare fabric for clothing, covering
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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

“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

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

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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