yarn
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My reaction was this: “Not this same old yarn again.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
This is still above all a lovely, soft yarn about crime-solving farm animals, some of them voiced by Regina Hall, Patrick Stewart, and the guy who plays Roy Kent on “Ted Lasso.”
From Salon • May 17, 2026
Relief is found in the moments of fellowship and natural splendor that are threaded into the story like strands of bright yarn.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
"I had a ball of yarn in my belt bag and cast on my first stitch as soon as I crossed the starting line," he said.
From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026
Placing Tiamat's skins one on top of the other, he rolled them up, then tied the crinkly red bundle with a strand of yarn he had found in his mother's knitting bag.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
Vocabulary lists containing yarn
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
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The Season of Styx Malone
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Stories of Ourselves
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