thread
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References to past selves and ghosts are a thread in many of her novels.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
Aaron Peskin, who at the time served on San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors, said that while there are a variety of factors contributing to the vacancy issue, impractical property owners were the most common thread.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
In a long thread posted on X Friday, designed to replicate the ten-point commodity bulletins he published at Goldman, Currie welcomed investors to “the most asymmetric trade in modern financial history.”
From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026
The common thread is that a high-debt, low-growth economy eventually starts running out of policy options.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
Tying my apron about me, I rummaged for a needle and thread while Louise and Beatrice stood by, speechless.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
Vocabulary lists containing thread
"The Song of Wandering Aengus" by W.B. Yeats
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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"Modern Automotive Technology," Vocabulary from Section 1
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