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thread

[thred] / θrɛd /




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Sometimes I’ll go to a lady to get the back of my hair wrapped in thread, which I used to do as a kid.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

The ad featured popular Bollywood actor Kriti Sanon celebrating the Hindu festival in which sisters tie a thread called Rakhi over their brothers' wrists.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

When you’re looking at a thread of social media bots sharing the same five replies to AI-generated slapfights between anthropomorphic fruits, it can be hard to remember the internet used to be a lively place.

From Salon Aug. 23, 2026

Do they never have to go to the supermarket, the hardware store or fritter away the rest of the afternoon on a text thread?

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

She forces a chuckle and picks at a stray thread on her shirt.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

Twenty-four minutes later, the tops were craggy, the centers soft and brownie-like, and just enough little green threads remained visible to remind you what season it was.

From Salon Aug. 31, 2026

As they craft, artisans chant aloud the design code handwritten on a strip of paper known as talim -- shorthand of ancient symbols for numbers and colours -- knotting the threads string by string.

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

At CMO Today, we’ve covered all manner of online optimization tactics that have emerged in the AI era, from thwarted attempts at manipulating Reddit threads to Mailchimp’s plans to improve the “crawlability” of its sites.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

Epner cited other themes, including healthcare in America, as potential narrative threads that could sway a jury in Mangione's favour.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

Anya sighed and searched the air for threads.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

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

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

That time, he beat his defender down the left flank and threaded a pass to Balogun right in front of the net for a tap-in.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 13, 2026

He threaded his fingers through his bangs and tugged.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

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

Fury upped the tempo in the latter rounds, varying his attack and threading in several uppercuts, but Makhmudov absorbed them without ever really being shaken.

From BBC Apr. 11, 2026

Poehler is uniquely skilled at threading the needle.

From Salon Jan. 16, 2026

Paul got the job and worked twelve-hour days threading cords into automobile tires for less than five dollars a week.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling




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