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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Noun
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Practical Treasures That sewing kit sitting on the closet shelf might have your dream find in it.—
Nicole Letts,
Southern Living,
28 Apr. 2026 -
Yiltem Apparel is an apparel manufacturer that provides planning, cutting, printing, sewing, washing, packaging and shipping services.—
Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
28 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Cutting off a guy’s finger and stitching a tiny bomb into someone’s chest is essentially the same as remembering how to put together a gun or outrunning a horde of bad guys.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
30 Apr. 2026
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The acquisition follows a familiar strategy for Griffin, who has made a habit of buying contiguous properties and stitching them together.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
20 Apr. 2026
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Norville has also authored knitting and crochet pattern books, as well as two children’s books.—
Francesca Gariano,
PEOPLE,
30 Apr. 2026
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There’s a common perception that textile art is limited to practices like knitting, embroidery or weaving.—
Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
28 Apr. 2026
Verb
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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.—
Abhishek Bhardwaj,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Apr. 2026
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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.—
Jacob Louraine,
Kansas City Star,
6 Mar. 2026
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The tax increase proposed by Measure TT would generate $44 million annually through 2028 and $22 million annually after that, according to city estimates, with the money going toward basic services like 911 emergency response, street and sidewalk repairs, fire protection and parks.—
Sandra McDonald,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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But even the city's ability to help at Ford City Condos is limited, officials said, because of the old age of the elevators, years of deferred maintenance, delays in getting parts, and difficulty finding a repair company because of the association's past non-payment.—
Megan De Mar,
CBS News,
1 May 2026
Verb
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From a young age, she was captivated by film photography, often collecting cameras, repairing them, and even reselling them in high school.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
2 May 2026
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That the system is repairing this longstanding exclusion?—
Lisa Deaderick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 May 2026
Noun
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If a piece is salvageable and needs some mending or a powerful stain remover, set it aside and make a plan to attend to it.—
Tessa Cooper,
The Spruce,
16 Apr. 2026
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While the company’s humble beginnings began as a simple mending solution, Vivolo believes the future of trims will be about integration between craftsmanship and technology.—
Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
1 Apr. 2026
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Mikel Arteta has a reputation for seeking control but in the closing stages, that was discarded in the simmering emotion of it all.—
Amy Lawrence,
New York Times,
6 May 2026
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The war and the closing of the Strait of Hormuz have disrupted supply chains and fractured oil availability globally.—
Carole Carlson,
Chicago Tribune,
6 May 2026
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“Darning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/darning. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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