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loaf

[lohf] / loʊf /




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

From Slate Jul. 12, 2026

You’ve decided to make a sandwich and reach for your loaf of bread, but the “sell-by date” on the bag has passed.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 2026

Arthur Bryant’s has my favorite ribs, and when you order, they bring out a whole loaf of Wonder Bread, which is still very novel and exciting to me.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 4, 2026

A loaf of basic medium slice white bread cost 65p in 2022 but that's now risen to 74p on average in the big supermarkets.

From BBC May 24, 2026

His meat loaf last night wasn’t half bad.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

A sturdy bread: toasted sourdough, dark brown sandwich loaves, cornbread, seeded rye.

From Salon Jun. 22, 2026

Craftsman’s Valley features booths where artisans show off such skills as blacksmithing or glassblowing, and the Grist Mill churns out loaves of the park’s famed cinnamon bread.

From The Wall Street Journal May 30, 2026

Reality TV star Queen Mercy Atang arrived in one of the evening's most attention-grabbing looks, a dress, she said, was made from more than 500 loaves of bread.

From BBC May 10, 2026

Throughout these trips, he distributed tens of thousands of loaves since the start of the war in 2022, mostly to elderly people who have no support from their families or from the state, Nervi said.

From Barron's Feb. 21, 2026

Some of them were drinking from canteens, or chewing on hard loaves of bread.

From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier

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

For a prince is none better than another man nay, he is worse an he loafs and steals after heiresses and their gold . . . and will not do a bit of honest work. . . .

From The Nest of the Sparrowhawk by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy

Maria answered the door as her husband, Jorrit, loafed on the couch in front of the television.

From New York Times May 13, 2022

The nearly 400-pound birdfeeder bandit fell for a buffet of birdseed and suet and loafed into a tube-shaped trailer trap.

From Washington Times Apr. 19, 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

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

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols

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

But after a year and a half of loafing around the Roku home menu, my brain is eager for cultural engagement that requires the participation of my body.

From New York Times Sep. 17, 2021

He was benched for a game last month after loafing on the bases in two earlier games, and he is currently on the injured list with a quad strain.

From Seattle Times Jun. 14, 2019

I like just listening, just loafing on the grass.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green




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