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[thred] / θrɛd /




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There is no common thread in the U.S. government’s acquisition of these stakes beyond a broad “economic and national security” umbrella.

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 2026

He says the book uses ginger hair as "a golden thread" that weaves together America's diverse and difficult history in a way which shows a connection between people.

From BBC Aug. 1, 2026

A right-handed screw fits a right-handed thread, while a left-handed screw does not.

From Science Daily Jul. 28, 2026

Dallas McMurray’s artfully animated performing of the childlike pantomimic gestures that thread through the dance occasionally prompted audience laughter.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

Next, Torak washed the long back sinews he’d saved from the butchering, pounded them flat, then teased out the narrow fibers for thread: drying them and rubbing them in fat to make them supple.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

The results introduce a new way to "match the threads" between light and matter.

From Science Daily Jul. 28, 2026

On Facebook and Reddit combined, there are dozens of groups and threads dedicated to Photoshop requests.

From Slate Jul. 19, 2026

But those threads are waiting to be unspooled on your own trip to Hollywood via the silver screen.

From Salon Jul. 12, 2026

“Being able to nail the food, and nail the story, those are two very difficult threads to weave,” Garner says.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

Golden threads appeared on his skin like leafy vines curling and coiling.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

Researchers have now shown that specially shaped light can act as a similar type of threaded probe, interacting differently with molecules depending on their handedness.

From Science Daily Jul. 28, 2026

But threaded through the movie is another story, well-suited to the director’s dry and self-effacing sense of humor, of Hollywood producers interested in remaking “Sherman’s March” as a fiction feature.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

Absorbed students carefully threaded wires into junction boxes to make circuits connected to lights, bulbs flickering on one by one to signal a job well done.

From Barron's Jul. 8, 2026

Salonen’s own music, much of it new to L.A., was threaded throughout.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 23, 2026

Showed Helena how to sing while she threaded string around her fingers, making patterns that matched the song.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

By threading Celan’s poems through the lived record, Ms. Arno restores a proud, wounded, flirtatious, multilingual man often romanticized by reverence.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 5, 2026

The results showed that magnetic fields threading through the surrounding gas can help draw protostars closer together.

From Science Daily Jun. 5, 2026

“It’s an exciting job threading the needle multiple times,” said Robert Navarro, project manager at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, Calif., which is in charge of the critical third segment of the relay.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 9, 2026

England ended the half stronger and narrowed the gap to four points with the final action of the half, Harry Smith threading a penalty.

From BBC Nov. 8, 2025

Sure enough, a skater on a board was threading his way through the parking lot.

From "Crenshaw" by Katherine Applegate




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