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as in to mow
to bring down by cutting
laboriously hewed trees to build their rude log cabins
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Recent Examples of hew
The replica Tower sign hews close to the original, though the two are clearly distinguishable from one another.
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Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 1 June 2026
Cornyn would hew closely to the president for the first 16 months of his second administration, hoping at the outside chance of his endorsement or to keeping him from weighing in at all.
—Thomas Beaumont, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2026
Avoiding sensationalism and hewing closely to the historical record, Kline subtly and often poetically documents the small, daily choices that shape these lives.
—Literary Hub, 15 May 2026
Yoriko toils in anonymity in Nagi as a sculptor of human figures hewn from raw blocks of wood.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2026
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Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 1 June 2026
Cornyn would hew closely to the president for the first 16 months of his second administration, hoping at the outside chance of his endorsement or to keeping him from weighing in at all.
—Thomas Beaumont, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2026
Avoiding sensationalism and hewing closely to the historical record, Kline subtly and often poetically documents the small, daily choices that shape these lives.
—Literary Hub, 15 May 2026
Yoriko toils in anonymity in Nagi as a sculptor of human figures hewn from raw blocks of wood.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hew
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The lawn around the pond had been mowed without anybody picking up the trash beforehand.—
Ian Frazier,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
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Make American Lawn-mowing Great Again!—
Joe Kinsey OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
15 June 2026
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Though Ecco adheres by the principle that form follows function, its walking shoes are still mighty stylish.—
Kyra Surgent,
InStyle,
6 June 2026
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Instead of buying protective pads, cut a piece of sponge to fit the chair’s legs and adhere them with glue.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
1 June 2026
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And those are the lucky ones, who weren’t felled by late-season injuries and bumped from the tournament the way Brazil’s Rodrygo, Japan’s Kaoru Mitoma and Germany’s Serge Gnabry were.—
Luke Cyphers,
Sportico.com,
11 June 2026
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There was also a giant tree stretching across Laflin Street about a block from the scene of the fire, after being felled by the storms on Wednesday.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
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Everyone can relate to a character waiting for a phone call, or a text, that feeling of being stuck in a purgatorial gap that won’t end until the other person has made contact.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
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Malik Washington and Jalen Tolbert are obviously very likely to stick, and Tutu Atwell will enter camp as a front-runner to make the team.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
10 June 2026
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Her face looked drawn, her eyes cast down, and her two-year-old granddaughter, Josephine, clung tightly to her side.—
Stefania Conrieri,
Vanity Fair,
13 June 2026
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The Toronto Blue Jays are clinging on in the American League playoff race, though that’s mostly thanks to a particularly weak field this year.—
Peter Chawaga,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
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“Hew.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hew. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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