thread
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References to past selves and ghosts are a thread in many of her novels.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
Aaron Peskin, who at the time served on San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors, said that while there are a variety of factors contributing to the vacancy issue, impractical property owners were the most common thread.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
In a long thread posted on X Friday, designed to replicate the ten-point commodity bulletins he published at Goldman, Currie welcomed investors to “the most asymmetric trade in modern financial history.”
From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026
Xi is trying to thread several needles at once.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
A thread of stubbornness took hold of Ella, and she wasn't going to stop pressing her godmother until she gave her some answers.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
Vocabulary lists containing thread
"The Song of Wandering Aengus" by W.B. Yeats
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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"Modern Automotive Technology," Vocabulary from Section 1
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