knead
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Next came three hours of intermittent work to knead, fold and divide the dough.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Workers don't like to wake up early to knead dough by hand, Mr Hur says softly.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2025
When the batter has formed into a cohesive ball, turn it onto the floured work surface and knead the dough for two minutes.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 12, 2023
Scrape dough onto a clean, unfloured surface, and knead 4 to 5 times, forming a smooth ball.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 21, 2023
She fed some wood chips to the brazier on the afterdeck, stirred the coals with a blackened blade, and began to knead the dough for the morning biscuits.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
This uneven motion effectively kneads the molten rock and helps generate bubbles.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 22, 2025
He kneads pizza dough before cranking out several dozen tortillas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2025
As she kneads a ball of rice with her hands, mixing it with the lentils and spinach before feeding it to one of her children, she explains that even buying bread is a struggle.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2022
Ms. Marzovilla kneads the flour into long, slender tubes of maccheroncini, then pits their bread-crust flavor against sweet peas and tender strands of duck confit.
From New York Times ● May 17, 2022
He kneads the palm of his hand into his eye, clumsily wiping away tears.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
Looking a bit unsure of herself, the Princess of Wales kneaded the dough, applied a filling and cut out the pasta shapes as Ivan Lampredi, a chef, assisted her.
From Barron's ● May 14, 2026
He and I really kneaded it to make it the funniest part.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2024
This is then cooked in a giant pot and slowly kneaded with a wooden stick until it thickens.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 15, 2024
A toasted rice aroma hangs around the factory line, where rice is combined with small plastic beads, heated and kneaded before being extruded in thin rods that are cooled and cut into tiny brown pellets.
From Reuters ● Mar. 9, 2023
She heard Liza open the oven door and the thump of a kneaded loaf on the floury board.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
There are close-ups of hands kneading dough, a snail sliming its way up a window and Cathy prodding a jellied fish with her finger.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2026
Today, naan is made by combing flour, yogurt and yeast and kneading them into a soft dough.
From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025
"You repurpose existing skills -- using an oven, measuring ingredients, kneading dough -- and combine them with new ones, like whipping batter and making frosting, to create something entirely different."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 28, 2025
While the crossings remain closed, life has regained a semblance of normality, with bakers kneading bread, fruit and vegetable sellers wheeling out their carts, and customers frequenting shops.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2025
Two undercooks were kneading bread, and a maid was slicing vegetables.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
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