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as in to mow
to bring down by cutting
laboriously hewed trees to build their rude log cabins
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as in to keep (to)
to give steadfast support to
no longer was able to hew to the party line and so he switched political parties
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Recent Examples of hew
Julian E. Barnes, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
These lawmakers hew younger and male, and some have open ambitionsabout running for higher office.
—Andrew Solender, Axios, 13 Dec. 2024
Some key gender-swap choice aside, Blichfeldt hews closely to the shape of the original Grimm Brothers story in ways that, however inevitable, can’t escape predictability as Elvira undergoes transformations for the big ball.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2025
Trump often goes further, casting the entire administrative state as useless at best and a malevolent, corrupt, anti-American fifth column at worst and pledging to empower business-world titans like Elon Musk to hew through it in search of inefficiency.
—Peter C. Baker, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
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His views on national security issues hew closely to those of the Senate Republican majority.
—Julian E. Barnes, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
These lawmakers hew younger and male, and some have open ambitionsabout running for higher office.
—Andrew Solender, Axios, 13 Dec. 2024
Some key gender-swap choice aside, Blichfeldt hews closely to the shape of the original Grimm Brothers story in ways that, however inevitable, can’t escape predictability as Elvira undergoes transformations for the big ball.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 24 Jan. 2025
Trump often goes further, casting the entire administrative state as useless at best and a malevolent, corrupt, anti-American fifth column at worst and pledging to empower business-world titans like Elon Musk to hew through it in search of inefficiency.
—Peter C. Baker, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
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“Hew.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hew. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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