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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
Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The color palette hewed towards various shades of browns giving the clothes a touch of a retro feel.
—Blue Carreon, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
And former President Joe Biden hewed toward Ireland because of his own heritage.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
In adapting King’s 1979 novel, screenwriter JT Mollner hews closely to the source material, but releasing the film now inevitably gives it new shades of timeliness.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
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The two bills that emerged, Senate Bill 840 and Assembly Bill 1207, hewed closer to Newsom’s vision.
—Nicole Nixon, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The color palette hewed towards various shades of browns giving the clothes a touch of a retro feel.
—Blue Carreon, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
And former President Joe Biden hewed toward Ireland because of his own heritage.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
In adapting King’s 1979 novel, screenwriter JT Mollner hews closely to the source material, but releasing the film now inevitably gives it new shades of timeliness.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Hew.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hew. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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