thick
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Inside Mohammed al-Fateh's bakery in Khartoum, workers mixed flour, water and yeast into a thick dough, which they divided into round discs and slid into the oven on long wooden paddles.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026
Schrager, 80, speaks with a thick Brooklyn accent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
Hobbits “seldom wore shoes, since their feet had tough leathery soles and were clad in a thick curling hair.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
The coating was approximately 10 nanometers thick, equivalent to only a few thousandths of the thickness of a human hair.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026
He’s wearing a red Kangol bucket hat, a thick, twisted gold chain, and a colorful Troop jacket.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
By Sunday this dying weather front will bring some thicker cloud to Wales and central England threatening a few patches of light rain or drizzle, but not much.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Delta showed off swank new suites with extra-long beds, thicker padding and nooks and crannies galore just this month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
So if you have a thicker duvet, now is the time to bring it out.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
In contrast, the far side is dominated by ancient, heavily cratered highlands, with a much thicker crust and relatively few volcanic plains.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
As we ascended the stairs, the air in the passage grew thicker, chillier, so cold that I found myself shivering.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
In his 30 years at Nike, Bignell has helped lead the development of some of the sneaker giant’s most cutting-edge running shoes, including the Vomero Premium, which features one of the market’s thickest, most-cushioned soles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
It’s almost as if the Reds were intimidated even before the game began, as the Dodgers buried them in their thickest pregame brine.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2025
Next, add thickest pieces of seafood, saving shrimp for last as they need the least amount of cook time.
From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2025
Many of us will be opting for our thickest coats and gloves when we venture outside.
From BBC ● Jan. 3, 2025
He shifted one of the stacks on the table just slightly so that they were even, arranged from thickest and largest to smallest and thinnest.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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