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loaf

[lohf] / loʊf /




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Very few people would consider a fresh bakery loaf to be “ultra” processed.

From Slate Jul. 12, 2026

You’ve decided to make a sandwich and reach for your loaf of bread, but the “sell-by date” on the bag has passed.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 2026

Google searches, external for this slightly sweet Japanese loaf have been rising steadily in the UK over the last five years.

From BBC Jun. 19, 2026

The reward for her performance was a loaf of bread.

From The Wall Street Journal May 14, 2026

In addition to fresh vegetables, our dinners often consisted of chicken or meat loaf, beans, potatoes, and gravy.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

Craftsman’s Valley features booths where artisans show off such skills as blacksmithing or glassblowing, and the Grist Mill churns out loaves of the park’s famed cinnamon bread.

From The Wall Street Journal May 30, 2026

He is one of the few people outside the military who travel to the most dangerous areas, delivering bread to outlying villages that he makes in his own bakery, which produces 17,000 loaves per week.

From BBC Feb. 24, 2026

Throughout these trips, he distributed tens of thousands of loaves since the start of the war in 2022, mostly to elderly people who have no support from their families or from the state, Nervi said.

From Barron's Feb. 21, 2026

“I was testing new recipes, new inclusions, new techniques . . . basically pumping out loaves left, right and center with nowhere for them to go.”

From Salon Feb. 12, 2026

In the first one, there were three and a half heavy loaves, hard and stale, and a knife to cut them with.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman

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

From Salon Mar. 12, 2024

“That’s our biggest emphasis, minimizing our missed assignments and our loafs, which is just effort in playing,” Niumatalolo said.

From Washington Post Sep. 9, 2022

He stresses the “HITS” principle — his acronym for Hustle, Intensity, Takeaways and playing Smart — and counts loafs in practice.

From Seattle Times Sep. 5, 2022

“Today in the film room we pointed out all the loafs and all the missed assignments, so we can definitely get better week to week and now it’s about being consistent week to week.”

From Washington Times Nov. 20, 2018

He loafs about with a toady and calls it friendship.

From A Dog with a Bad Name by Talbot Baines Reed

Maria answered the door as her husband, Jorrit, loafed on the couch in front of the television.

From New York Times May 13, 2022

And in the “early candle-light of old age,” Whitman loafed by the waters of Timber Creek, near his friend Harry Stafford’s family farm in Laurel Springs, New Jersey.

From The New Yorker Mar. 22, 2017

He loafed around for the next two months and used up the money he had been saving to buy me a ring.

From Slate Aug. 29, 2016

Perhaps 40 pelicans loafed around the island’s shoreline or circled in the air above.

From Washington Times Jun. 28, 2014

They caught the bus, or bought stamps, as quickly as they could, and never loafed around the cafe or the fountain.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

One of the reasons a steakhouse is such a prime place to order meatloaf is simple: the meat they are loafing is usually excellent.

From Salon Mar. 11, 2026

Walt Whitman inspired a former teacher’s fascination with loafing.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 14, 2024

But after a year and a half of loafing around the Roku home menu, my brain is eager for cultural engagement that requires the participation of my body.

From New York Times Sep. 17, 2021

That’s when I taught myself to be unafraid of yeast and to revel in the silky texture of a properly kneaded dough: proof there was something to be said for loafing around.

From Seattle Times Nov. 21, 2020

I like just listening, just loafing on the grass.

From "Paper Towns" by John Green




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