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Recent Examples of sew up
Mounting Carefully pull the skin over the form and sew up the open incision.
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Beka Garris, Outdoor Life, 20 Nov. 2024
Simone Biles sewed up the Americans’ gold medal with her floor routine.
—Brendan Quinn, The Athletic, 30 July 2024
Harris sewed up Biden’s delegates and started her campaign.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 29 Oct. 2024
Latin America At Chile’s rate meeting, cooler-than-expected inflation data likely sews up a quarter-point rate cut to 5.25%.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2024
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Beka Garris, Outdoor Life, 20 Nov. 2024
Simone Biles sewed up the Americans’ gold medal with her floor routine.
—Brendan Quinn, The Athletic, 30 July 2024
Harris sewed up Biden’s delegates and started her campaign.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 29 Oct. 2024
Latin America At Chile’s rate meeting, cooler-than-expected inflation data likely sews up a quarter-point rate cut to 5.25%.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sew up
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Can my Kentucky employer drug test me for consuming medical marijuana?Marina Johnson, The Enquirer, 1 Jan. 2025
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Post-emergent herbicides can be used more selectively, but also pose environmental risks, including toxicity to birds, bees, and mammals that consume or contact them.Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 1 Jan. 2025
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On top of this, Google is contending with antitrust cases accusing the company of monopolizing the search market, with potential remedies including a breakup, regulatory oversight, and restrictions on its businesses.Trefis Team, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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The Biden administration moved forward with the case and filed another of its own—accusing Google of illegally monopolizing advertising technologies that millions of websites and apps use to generate revenue.Paresh Dave, WIRED, 20 Nov. 2024
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Cryogenic refrigerators require expertise that is possessed by only a handful of companies, most based in the United Kingdom and the EU.Charina Chou, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
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Three days later, he was arrested again, this time for assaulting one of their sons and for possessing a gun while drunk.Peter Hessler, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
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Sometimes, massive fires have multiple origin points, especially amid the sort of weather L.A. has experienced recently, with Santa Ana winds blowing at unusually high speeds.Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2025
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Even in that drive, the Broncos had a pair of rushing attempts that went for 5 yards or more.Joe Buscaglia, The Athletic, 13 Jan. 2025
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“Sew up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sew%20up. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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