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Recent Examples of sew
In addition to sewing the first Arizona state flag, Curtis was active in the Flagstaff's Women's Club, the Arizona Historical Society and other organizations to improve her city and state.
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Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Along with relearning tasks, Mendelssohn faced a grueling few years of recovery, largely due to complications involving one of her bile ducts: it had been tied off or sewn shut during the donor extraction process.
—Jordan Greene, People.com, 14 July 2025
It is deeply sewn into the fabric of the region’s culture, often quite literally, as many women inherit saris that are intricately embroidered with gold thread.
—Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 13 July 2025
It's believed to have been sewn in England a few years after the battle, and soon taken to France — where it's currently displayed in a museum in the medieval town of Bayeux, Normandy.
—Lauren Frayer, NPR, 11 July 2025
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Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Along with relearning tasks, Mendelssohn faced a grueling few years of recovery, largely due to complications involving one of her bile ducts: it had been tied off or sewn shut during the donor extraction process.
—Jordan Greene, People.com, 14 July 2025
It is deeply sewn into the fabric of the region’s culture, often quite literally, as many women inherit saris that are intricately embroidered with gold thread.
—Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 13 July 2025
It's believed to have been sewn in England a few years after the battle, and soon taken to France — where it's currently displayed in a museum in the medieval town of Bayeux, Normandy.
—Lauren Frayer, NPR, 11 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sew
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They can be dropped into any campaign, though there are frameworks available in the book for those groups that want to stitch these stories together.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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In one image from the Cowboy Carter tour book, Beyoncé is pictured sitting at a sewing machine while stitching the American flag, in tribute to Grace Wisher, a Black girl who helped sew the original Star-Spangled Banner.—
Leah Asmelash,
CNN Money,
19 July 2025
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And while the importance of the visual outcome is obvious — achieving undetectable incisions via adept suturing — the aptitude of the practitioner’s craft determines the effect the patient didn’t think enough about in advance: loss, or not, of feeling.—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
16 June 2025
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The story is so bold, the actors deliver top notch performances, and the director sutures you to the screen.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
26 May 2025
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“Sew.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sew. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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