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as in mows
to bring down by cutting
laboriously hewed trees to build their rude log cabins
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Recent Examples of hews
Today that album scans as an interesting but uneven experiment; the music Shook is releasing under their own name hews much closer to the Lucinda-fronting-the-Replacements sound of the Disarmers.
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Brad Sanders,
Pitchfork,
26 June 2026
The rest of the Orange ballot hews more closely to what voters are used to.
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Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 June 2026
SpaceX is, however, facing competition from Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin, which is building a lander hat hews much closer to the simpler, Apollo-era lunar landers than the gargantuan, engineering quagmire that is Starship.
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Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
12 June 2026
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
Meanwhile, movie stars have tweaked their faces and bodies into a startling sameness that hews toward the most fascistic markers of beauty (extreme thinness, whiteness, no signs of the passage of time).
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Angelica Jade Bastién,
Vulture,
9 Mar. 2026
But a blanket warning hews too close to gossip for my taste.
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Eric Thomas,
Baltimore Sun,
16 Jan. 2026
Either say something helpful (and objectively true) or say nothing at all; a blanket warning hews too close to gossip for my taste.
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R. Eric Thomas,
Mercury News,
16 Jan. 2026
For Paramount, a price increase — especially as Netflix hews closer to an all-cash bid — is a nonstarter without dialogue with WBD.
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Rohan Goswami,
semafor.com,
14 Jan. 2026
Brad Sanders,
Pitchfork,
26 June 2026
The rest of the Orange ballot hews more closely to what voters are used to.
—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 June 2026
SpaceX is, however, facing competition from Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin, which is building a lander hat hews much closer to the simpler, Apollo-era lunar landers than the gargantuan, engineering quagmire that is Starship.
—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
12 June 2026
The replica Tower sign hews close to the original, though the two are clearly distinguishable from one another.
—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
1 June 2026
Meanwhile, movie stars have tweaked their faces and bodies into a startling sameness that hews toward the most fascistic markers of beauty (extreme thinness, whiteness, no signs of the passage of time).
—
Angelica Jade Bastién,
Vulture,
9 Mar. 2026
But a blanket warning hews too close to gossip for my taste.
—
Eric Thomas,
Baltimore Sun,
16 Jan. 2026
Either say something helpful (and objectively true) or say nothing at all; a blanket warning hews too close to gossip for my taste.
—
R. Eric Thomas,
Mercury News,
16 Jan. 2026
For Paramount, a price increase — especially as Netflix hews closer to an all-cash bid — is a nonstarter without dialogue with WBD.
—
Rohan Goswami,
semafor.com,
14 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hews
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Those who are approved will receive a total of 18 free lawn mows from April through October, a set number each month, with no further scheduling or calls needed, according to an email from the city.
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With its 5Ah battery, the Goat mows over 5,000 square feet per charge and gets back to work after just 45 minutes of charging.
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This helps ensure the new grout adheres properly.
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Though Ecco adheres by the principle that form follows function, its walking shoes are still mighty stylish.
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The dream has to be pinned down, even though a faint trace of this truth still clings to it.
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How Often to Clean a Fiberglass Shower Clean fiberglass showers and tubs weekly to remove body soil and soap scum that clings to the finish.
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The late Bill Carr, a former Florida athletic director who was Houston’s AD when the SWC breakup began, once summed this up to me in a way that still sticks.
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No sooner does Aemond arrive than the silver-white-haired warrior sticks his blade into the smooth-talking Harrenhal caretaker, Ser Simon Strong, played by British thespian Simon Russell Beale.
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