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Recent Examples of sew upLaying low at Frank’s hideaway, Castle sews up his own bullet wound, while Karen cleans up Matt’s.—Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 15 Apr. 2025 The Cavs have already sewn up home-court advantage throughout the Eastern Conference playoffs as the No. 1 seed.—Joe Vardon, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025 The 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 See All Example Sentences for sew up
The company has consistently consumed cash while struggling to scale production within the competitive semiconductor landscape.
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Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
Close to 18% of people who regularly eat fruits reported better sleep, along with 12% of people who consume a lot of vegetables, and 13% of people who drink herbal tea.
China accompanied this strategic focus with billions of dollars of investment in mines and processing facilities to monopolize the market.
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Charlie Campbell,
Time,
17 June 2025
In a separate case in federal court in Virginia, which was tried last year, the government argued that Google had monopolized part of the technology that places ads on websites.
The Italian side possess a serious number of defenders who are simply not good enough to represent a club with ambitions of winning Serie A while competing in the UEFA Champions League.
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Adam Digby,
Forbes.com,
6 July 2025
In 1940, the federal government enacted The Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act prohibiting people from hunting, selling or possessing an eagle ‒ in effort to prevent further population decline.
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