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

From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026

At that point he looked on the verge of one of the biggest shock defeats in heavyweight history, with the long-awaited Tyson Fury fight hanging by a thread.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

Turner made her comments Wednesday in an X thread in which she defended the right of transgender women to participate in women’s sports.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

High thread density and single-thread performance measure two different aspects of compute.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026

I take a few deep breaths, then click on my message thread with Mom.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

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

From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 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

Elon Green weaves the mystery’s disparate threads into a single, unforgettable narrative.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

The number of social-media groups and threads predicated on the opinion that Bowlero/Lucky Strike absolutely sucks testifies to the number of both serious bowlers and casual enthusiasts who see the corporation as an invasive rot.

From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026

In spite of all the washings it had been through, its threads still held Amanda’s dear scent.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig

The ’90s-era nihilism that threaded so many of Araki’s films has taken a hard slant toward technological despondency.

From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026

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

He threaded his drive through the fairway bunkers to give himself a good look at the green.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 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

He threaded my free hand through one of his and reached out for you with his other hand.

From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman

Olise's central positioning has also benefited Mbappe, with the Bayern Munich assist king France's most proficient player at threading through balls between defenders.

From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● Jun. 5, 2026

In the current crisis, “he is really threading this needle,” Phelps said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026

Calvin turned on East Las Flores Drive, threading under the canopy of crape myrtles, pines and deodar cedars, and pulled up to his Midcentury ranch home and ran next door to check on his mom.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025

He even offered to row them there, but he wanted too high a fee and so instead they went the long way, threading around drowned and rotting streets, down floating boardwalks.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi