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Recent Examples of sew upThe Brewers have been just as adept at run prevention while all but sewing up the NL Central.—Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 21 Aug. 2024 After a wild Oscar season, the 97th Academy Awards are now just days away—and while a handful of races are all sewn up, others feel entirely up in the air.—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 28 Feb. 2025 And who should win By David Sims With last year’s slow-roll Oppenheimer sweep, the leading Oscar contenders seemed to have sewn up their wins long before the ceremony began.—David Sims, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2025 Disney has spent heavily on sports rights over the past few years, sewing up long-term deals with both the NFL and the NBA that cost tens of millions over the course of those contracts.—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sew up
Port operations should be right-sized to serve the unique function that BMT would provide to the regional goods distribution network without monopolizing the entire site.
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Tiffany-Ann Taylor,
New York Daily News,
5 May 2025
In a huge win last year, the government persuaded a federal judge that Google illegally monopolized the internet search market, which therefore gave all future cases against Alphabet a leg up.
The re-tasking of U.S. naval ships assigned to the western Pacific theater comes as China—now possessing the world's largest navy by hull count, with more than 370 vessels—expands its military reach and presence in the region, attempting to challenge American naval dominance.
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Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 May 2025
Today, Rotterdam possesses one of Europe’s most robust migrant populations.
Billy has had an illustrious career over the years.
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Nicholas Rice,
People.com,
25 May 2025
As symbols of Floyd’s place in history have faded, so too have hopes for federal police reform, commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion and American optimism about the future of racial justice.
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