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thread

[thred] / θrɛd /




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The gossamer thread holding the sacred feminine maelstrom together?

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 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

"The harvest is hanging by a thread," he told AFP from his vineyard in the village of Spay, looking out over the Rhine and hills scorched a deep brown by the heat.

From Barron's Aug. 16, 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

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

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

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

From Science Daily Jul. 28, 2026

There were threads everywhere, clogging up the bubble.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

“We’re bringing all those disparate AI-power moments for the customer into one really elegant single threaded conversational assistant,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 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

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

A version that lives up to the memory: tender and plush from ricotta, edged with buttermilk tang, and threaded with cinnamon that finally takes the lead.

From Salon Apr. 28, 2026

She pulled threads from moonlight and threaded the magic between her fingertips.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

I’m like, “Jesus, Jack. You’re really threading that needle.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 31, 2026

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

From Science Daily Jun. 5, 2026

Mr. Mulla begins by efficiently threading out a highly complicated history.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 4, 2026

Poehler is uniquely skilled at threading the needle.

From Salon Jan. 16, 2026

So when we left chemistry and headed for the gym, I shifted my books over to one arm and took his hand, threading our fingers together.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia




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