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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
The documentary hews even more closely to Molchanov’s into-the-deep ascendance.
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Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 8 Dec. 2024
The music hews fairly closely to the Avett Brothers’ original arrangements, with lyrical and instrumental adjustments made to accommodate the vocal-forward nature of a stage production.
—Bill Kopp, SPIN, 25 Nov. 2024
While certain elements and details, as well as the names of two key characters, have been altered, Woman of the Hour hews pretty close to the facts.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 17 Oct. 2024
Yes, Rivendell’s over-all vibe hews toward the crunchy and outdoorsy, but there are just as many of us cultists locking our beloved steel frames to parking signs and sidewalk bike racks.
—The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
Harris hews largely to traditional Democratic Party values but with a modern touch.
—Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
Wilks, who is four years older, practices a form of Christianity that hews closely to the Old Testament at the Assembly of Yahweh, a church his family founded outside of Cisco, a town in Central Texas.
—Ava Kofman, ProPublica, 2 Oct. 2024
Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 8 Dec. 2024
The music hews fairly closely to the Avett Brothers’ original arrangements, with lyrical and instrumental adjustments made to accommodate the vocal-forward nature of a stage production.
—Bill Kopp, SPIN, 25 Nov. 2024
While certain elements and details, as well as the names of two key characters, have been altered, Woman of the Hour hews pretty close to the facts.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 17 Oct. 2024
Yes, Rivendell’s over-all vibe hews toward the crunchy and outdoorsy, but there are just as many of us cultists locking our beloved steel frames to parking signs and sidewalk bike racks.
—The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
Harris hews largely to traditional Democratic Party values but with a modern touch.
—Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
Wilks, who is four years older, practices a form of Christianity that hews closely to the Old Testament at the Assembly of Yahweh, a church his family founded outside of Cisco, a town in Central Texas.
—Ava Kofman, ProPublica, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Hews.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hews. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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