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loaf

[lohf] / loʊf /




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At some point between the blacksmithery heat, second loaf of cinnamon bread and feeling my soul leave my body aboard a haunted coal mine coaster, it hit me that this simply will never happen again.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

Very few people would consider a fresh bakery loaf to be “ultra” processed.

From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2026

After considerable reporting, she crowned the famous cranberry-walnut loaf at Le Diplomate.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

Inspired by tips from Kitchn writer Faith Durand, Mary Elizabeth Williams developed a rustic homemade loaf that comes together in a single hour.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

The loaf of bread falls from Jay’s hands.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas

When he joined the back of the line, he said, the note could purchase two loaves of bread; by the time he got to the front, it bought him half a loaf.

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026

As I watched rows of identical-looking loaves speeding along the conveyer I thought about Russia's parliament.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

While others were perfecting their sourdough loaves or getting into bird-watching during the pandemic, Facundo Monteiro Kempf, a 35-year-old who works in cybersecurity for Microsoft, was memorizing Burgundian vineyard classifications.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Bread is the first and last defense against sogginess, which is why sturdy loaves — focaccia, baguettes, bâtards, Italian bread — shine in beach-sandwich applications.

From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026

Penelope thought of the two loaves of rye bread and half dozen sticky buns.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

Remove, punch down, and knead a few times before dividing in half to form two loafs.

From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2024

“That’s our biggest emphasis, minimizing our missed assignments and our loafs, which is just effort in playing,” Niumatalolo said.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 9, 2022

He stresses the “HITS” principle — his acronym for Hustle, Intensity, Takeaways and playing Smart — and counts loafs in practice.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 5, 2022

“Today in the film room we pointed out all the loafs and all the missed assignments, so we can definitely get better week to week and now it’s about being consistent week to week.”

From Washington Times ● Nov. 20, 2018

The surplus either loafs and lives by its wits or at the expense of the family, or turns to the Government for a "job."

From Cuba, Old and New by Albert G. (Albert Gardner) Robinson

The idea of public space felt foreign, something I could access only through movies where people loafed around Central Park and sipped espressos in packed Italian piazzas.

From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2021

And in the “early candle-light of old age,” Whitman loafed by the waters of Timber Creek, near his friend Harry Stafford’s family farm in Laurel Springs, New Jersey.

From The New Yorker ● Mar. 22, 2017

He loafed around for the next two months and used up the money he had been saving to buy me a ring.

From Slate ● Aug. 29, 2016

Perhaps 40 pelicans loafed around the island’s shoreline or circled in the air above.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 28, 2014

One day his southern neighbor, Joe Mondragon, loafed over.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

A brown bear known as 89 Backpack has won the annual Fat Bear Week competition, after what the US National Parks Service described as a "battle of size, skill, snack acquisition, and strategic loafing".

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

One of the reasons a steakhouse is such a prime place to order meatloaf is simple: the meat they are loafing is usually excellent.

From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2026

Walt Whitman inspired a former teacher’s fascination with loafing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2024

I don’t mean the loafing tan meerkat from “The Lion King,” though he might do.

From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2021

Traveling while loafing, like Whitman had, as she prepared for the real thing.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green




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