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Recent Examples of sew up
Ace Max Fried, along with No. 2 starter Carlos Rodon, have the top two spots sewn up.
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Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Choose from solids or stripes in a palette of traditional colors, like dark red, navy, cream, and tan, each elevated by a line of shiny gold buttons sewn up the front.
—Francesca Krempa, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2025
Lee Whitwell sewed up the Champions Triple Crown in Chicago by winning the Mixed event with Jardim (who claimed a double gold himself for the weekend).
—Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The Cult of American Apparel sewed up 7.8M views in its first week, The Real Project X housed 7.4M views, Balloon Boy took off with 7M views, Storm Area 51 convinced 7M views, Mayor of Mayhem smoked 6.4M views, The Astroworld Tragedy scored 6.2M and P.I. Moms uncovered 4.8M views.
—Peter White, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2025
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Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
Choose from solids or stripes in a palette of traditional colors, like dark red, navy, cream, and tan, each elevated by a line of shiny gold buttons sewn up the front.
—Francesca Krempa, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2025
Lee Whitwell sewed up the Champions Triple Crown in Chicago by winning the Mixed event with Jardim (who claimed a double gold himself for the weekend).
—Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The Cult of American Apparel sewed up 7.8M views in its first week, The Real Project X housed 7.4M views, Balloon Boy took off with 7M views, Storm Area 51 convinced 7M views, Mayor of Mayhem smoked 6.4M views, The Astroworld Tragedy scored 6.2M and P.I. Moms uncovered 4.8M views.
—Peter White, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sew up
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This is a record of warmth and passion, one that hangs on the conviction that nobody has ever felt so consumed by the dizzy, wild and blissed-out rush of infatuation.—
Sophie Williams,
Billboard,
10 Oct. 2025
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The advice in the 2025 scientific reports hasn't changed much from previous years, and includes an emphasis on consuming fruits and vegetables, lean meats and whole grains.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
10 Oct. 2025
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Last year, a federal judge ruled against Google in an antitrust case that Khan filed against it for monopolizing the search advertising market.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, a Washington federal judge last year found the company illegally monopolized online search, in a separate case brought by the Justice Department.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
22 Sep. 2025
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However, Mimas also possesses an enormous impact crater (named Herschel), which itself is approximately one-third of the diameter of the entire moon itself.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Oct. 2025
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However, scientists have already confirmed that neutrinos do possess mass and thus defied the model’s predictions, though their exact mass remains unknown, with only upper limits established so far.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Oct. 2025
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James is one of them, though his kindly attempts to be there for Linda, as amateur repairman and reluctant babysitter, have a way of backfiring, usually on himself.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
9 Oct. 2025
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Although exact details have yet to be released, people familiar with the matter told the Associated Press that Hamas is expected to release all 20 surviving hostages this weekend, while Israeli forces begin withdrawing from most of Gaza.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
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