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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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as in to keep (to)
to give steadfast support to
no longer was able to hew to the party line and so he switched political parties
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Recent Examples of hew
Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 23 May 2025
Her raw material — rough bark that has been neither hewed nor polished — is gathered together and then arranged in perfect geometrical shapes that appeal to the human eye.
—Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 12 May 2025
At first glance, the new exterior definitely hews more closely to current crossover trends, which the Tiguan arguably helped to inaugurate back in the late-2000s.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, ArsTechnica, 16 May 2025
Meanwhile, carpenters hewed oak beams by hand to rebuild the roof and spire, just like their medieval predecessors did.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
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Their objections hew closely to the divisions that split House Republicans.
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 23 May 2025
Her raw material — rough bark that has been neither hewed nor polished — is gathered together and then arranged in perfect geometrical shapes that appeal to the human eye.
—Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 12 May 2025
At first glance, the new exterior definitely hews more closely to current crossover trends, which the Tiguan arguably helped to inaugurate back in the late-2000s.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, ArsTechnica, 16 May 2025
Meanwhile, carpenters hewed oak beams by hand to rebuild the roof and spire, just like their medieval predecessors did.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Hew.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hew. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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