thread
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"I was not able to read small letters, I was not able to thread in a needle... now I can, to do all those things," she said.
From Barron's • May 27, 2026
"Caring has really been a thread through my life from very, very young," she says.
From BBC • May 24, 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
These were the first 10 posts, and there was nothing here that was particularly obscure, nor was there any kind of thread of continuity that seemed obvious.
From Salon • May 12, 2026
Dobrynya artfully yanked a magic thread with only his thumb, and a ball of water intercepted the axe, knocking it off its path.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
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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