thicken
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But forecasters at the National Weather Service warned the smoke may thicken overnight into Saturday morning.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
As the valve tissue degenerates, the thin flaps that should meet neatly can thicken, stretch, or lose their normal shape.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
Adenomyosis, is a condition often compared to endometriosis and occurs when where endometrial-like tissue grows into the muscular wall of the uterus, causing it to thicken and enlarge.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026
Let it come together for a few minutes, then blend part of it—just enough to thicken the base while leaving some beans intact.
From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2026
No sooner had they stopped than the press began to thicken around them, as more and more of the afflicted came limping and shambling toward the wagons.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
To that, add your reserved hard-boiled yolks, blended in until the mixture thickens and turns almost custard-like.
From Salon ● Apr. 14, 2026
When stirred through at the end, it thickens the tomato juices into something cohesive — salty, tangy, faintly luxurious.
From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2026
The question hangs in the air as the sound thickens during soundcheck — guitars climbing, drums cracking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2025
Few writers since Henry James can create an atmosphere of doubt around events and character as effectively as this author does, and in “Venetian Vespers” the miasma thickens at every turn.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
The air in the room thickens like pudding now that she's gone.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
Crusted scabies, previously known as Norwegian scabies, causes a "scaly rash and thickened crusts of skin", external containing thousands of mites, and can be due to reduced immunity, although that is not always the case.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
The differing conclusions of the two reports thickened the fog of uncertainty at the court, which has been operating without a chief prosecutor since Khan went on leave in May of last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
What’s different now is that artificial intelligence has thickened the plot.
From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 2026
"This thickened, heated crust may have made the region mechanically weaker, so that the plate boundary preferentially shifted here," explains co-author PD Dr. Jörg Geldmacher, marine geologist at GEOMAR.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 23, 2026
The forest of jeans between me and Fang thickened.
From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx
On a humbler scale, Kail poetically marks the passage of time with a thickening palm tree.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
For hypertrophic cardiomyopathy—the thickening of heart muscles—it was 56 steps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026
These polar "geoengineering" techniques aim to cool the planet in unconventional ways, such as artificially thickening sea-ice or releasing tiny, reflective particles into the atmosphere.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2025
“Let the pie cool completely before slicing. This allows the filling to finish thickening and gives you the best pie-eating experience.”
From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2025
Jack knelt too and blew gently, so that the smoke drifted away, thickening, and a tiny name appeared.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
