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knead

[need] / nid /


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Though its smell is hardly appetizing, the cloth is surrounded by a group of women, each with her hands on the folds to knead, slap, punch and beat the cloth into shape.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Workers don't like to wake up early to knead dough by hand, Mr Hur says softly.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2025

Remove, punch down, and knead a few times before dividing in half to form two loafs.

From Salon • Mar. 12, 2024

Nouman said his first job is to start a small fire to cook breakfast, while his wife and daughters knead dough for flatbread and then wash their utensils and metal cooking griddle.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 4, 2024

We knead the dough, then divide it into little balls.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan




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