knead
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Though its smell is hardly appetizing, the cloth is surrounded by a group of women, each with her hands on the folds to knead, slap, punch and beat the cloth into shape.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 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
Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface, and knead gently until it comes into one mass; you don’t want to overwork it.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 27, 2023
The tom, confident that now he would be fed in the elegant way he was accustomed to, began to knead his paws and his purring grew hoarse with triumph.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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