as in sewing
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as in stitching
to close up with a series of interlacing stitches
in the old days, holes in socks had to be darned by hand
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The platform first launched earlier this year with OceanSafe’s naNea biodegradable polyester, a lower impact alternative to the conventional polyester popularly used in sewing thread and elastics.
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And the waterproof Tagbuddy Personalized Name Labels go on things like backpacks and clothes—without any ironing or sewing.
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But the user is still left stitching the pieces together.
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The injuries required the man to get stitching for his nose, according to police.
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Members of the Yarnicorns knitting and crochet group worked yarn through hooks and needles.
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Bogost lavishes praise on hobbies (fly-fishing), crafts (knitting), and trades (woodworking) as ways to dwell in sensory experience.
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The company says the system would be able to perform hemorrhage control, wound repair, chest decompression, shrapnel extraction, and field suturing, stabilizing the patient until evacuation can be carried out.
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The issue was surrounding his leg amputation surgery, a procedure that involves stretching the muscles and suturing them to provide the bone with padding.
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The government's lawyers wrote that the center is still planning to carry out capital repairs on the building.
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Niacinamide brightens and evens tone, while adenosine supports skin repair and barrier health.
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The funding was also used to improve transportation access by adding bikeways, repairing sidewalks and upgrading transit signal priority infrastructure.
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The Lowelifes Respectable Citizens’ Club, a trail maintenance crew, is repairing it and hopes to have it online soon.
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Jacob Elordi may have made visible mending look cute on the big screen.
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Simply tossing all your clothes into the washer can sometimes result in damaged garments that require replacements or mending.
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Attorneys posed dueling accounts of Payton and Martin’s roles in the deadly 2022 K Street shootings as closing arguments resumed Wednesday in the pair’s murder trial in Sacramento Superior Court.
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The first half of the sentiment, the closing lines of a Zillow ad for an Idaho home listed for sale earlier this month, is pretty common.
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“Darning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/darning. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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