loaf
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And, for me, a loaf of chocolate zucchini bread from a little Amish market and greenhouse somewhere outside Ona, West Virginia.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
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
If you take a loaf of bread as an example, first the grain is grown, harvested, milled and stored until it is ready to be taken to a factory.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Very few people would consider a fresh bakery loaf to be “ultra” processed.
From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2026
Aunt Goldie brought to the table a loaf of prune bread still warm from the oven.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
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
I schlepped in oversized bags of flour and sugar to make cranberry-orange and pumpkin-chocolate loaves for Christmas—leaving a fine dusting of powder in the pantry.
From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2026
His daughter, Jean, sold flower bouquets and loaves of fresh-baked bread in her marketplace stall while she flirted, laughing, with the gangly, self-conscious boys who stopped by.
From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry
Remove, punch down, and knead a few times before dividing in half to form two loafs.
From Salon ● Mar. 12, 2024
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
Wayans’s character loafs through training, and Berg’s undergoes a stirring transformation — and then the champion knocks out the white challenger in 27 seconds.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 23, 2017
Guarantee to every citizen, whether he works or whether he loafs, a bare minimum of existence—say sixpence a day and a bed in the common dosshouse.
From Art by Clive Bell
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
But far more it was because the Warriors struggled—because Andre Iguodala got hurt, because Kevin Durant loafed after rebounds, because the Warriors never quite clicked.
From Slate ● Jun. 8, 2018
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
The rest of the day we all just loafed around, talking trash and flipping through page after page of Jazz's scrapbook.
From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds
Proof of that is in the presence of Meghan’s beloved beagle Guy, still loafing in the corner as our host roasts chicken and throws together caramelized onion tarts.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2025
Oldman: Despite his appearance, and that we think he’s loafing off, sitting there with his feet on the desk, he was incredibly good at his job at one time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2023
We struck up a conversation — about the men loafing around us, about our day jobs, whatever — and promised to meet at the bar again the following week.
From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2021
That’s when I taught myself to be unafraid of yeast and to revel in the silky texture of a properly kneaded dough: proof there was something to be said for loafing around.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 21, 2020
A dozen boys were loafing there on the grass after dinner, and a kitchen rattle from the wing of one of the buildings accompanied their talk.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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