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as in hawing
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as in trimming
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hemming
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The junior launched himself through a pile for a two-yard touchdown rush, trimming the deficit to 35-34.—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
7 Sep. 2025 -
With revisions earlier this year mostly trimming prior readings, more downward revisions could be due.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
7 Sep. 2025
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Kudos for persistence, but slam the leadership dithering.—
Steve Denning,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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Its beauty lies in low-slung pastel buildings, pine forests edging the city, and ferries slicing through the Baltic toward fortress islands like Suomenlinna—while locals linger in cafés over cardamom buns or get cozy in harborside saunas.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Forty-one years later, the teams met again in the Classic, with FAMU edging Howard 17-13.—
Steve Gorten,
Miami Herald,
27 Aug. 2025
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The attackers opened fire at people waiting at a bus depot, police said, before boarding a bus to continue the attack.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
8 Sep. 2025
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The kids with the balls spent all that time hunkered down on the stairs, laying low and waiting to be allowed back to their seats.—
The Athletic Tennis Staff,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Ceylon Tea Trails are a series of bungalow’s tucked into Sri Lanka’s tea region bordering the Central Highlands UNESCO World Heritage site.—
Alissa Fitzgerald,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Forests neighboring beloved places like the Appalachian Trail, Lake Tahoe, and the White Mountains as well as those bordering Rocky Mountain, Glacier, Olympic and Yellowstone national parks, will all be opened to development.—
Ryan Gellert,
Time,
9 Sep. 2025
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As adults, this pattern can look like hesitating to ask for help, avoiding vulnerability or keeping emotional struggles private, even from those closest to you.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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Concerns about the economy and tariffs do have some companies hesitating to make long-term decisions, but even with that concern, more are taking on long-term leases than were a year ago, CBRE found.—
Diana Olick,
CNBC,
7 Aug. 2025
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The islands that became the Outer Banks fringing the North Carolina coast first appeared 15,000 years ago, when sea levels dropped and the nation’s shoreline migrated inward from the continental shelf, Young said.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
21 Aug. 2025
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They’re joined in their sometimes law-skirting investigations by detectives Gino Rolseth, who loves food, and Leo Magozzi, who’s announced his retirement.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
7 Sep. 2025
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Much of the rest of the hike was dry and traversed gentle gravel bars or smooth limestone expanses, skirting the edges of grassy bluffs and rocky cliffs.—
Eva Frederick,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Hemming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hemming. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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