thicken
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His shredding effect on electric guitar and multi-tracking to thicken his instrument’s sound dominate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
But forecasters at the National Weather Service warned the smoke may thicken overnight into Saturday morning.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
As the valve tissue degenerates, the thin flaps that should meet neatly can thicken, stretch, or lose their normal shape.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
Adenomyosis, is a condition often compared to endometriosis and occurs when where endometrial-like tissue grows into the muscular wall of the uterus, causing it to thicken and enlarge.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026
I tried to throw myself at it again, but Clancy’s hand lashed out to snatch my wrist, and I felt every muscle in my body thicken to stone.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
When stirred through at the end, it thickens the tomato juices into something cohesive — salty, tangy, faintly luxurious.
From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2026
When heating eases, the shell thickens again as water refreezes.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 2, 2026
The question hangs in the air as the sound thickens during soundcheck — guitars climbing, drums cracking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2025
As Mr. Carlsson thickens the atmosphere, he keeps our attention fixed on crimes that are distant in time yet critically linked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
We've made it about two blocks when the sidewalk traffic thickens even more.
From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi
When the sleepiest central bank on Earth becomes the one that matters, the plot has thickened.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
Add 2 cups water or broth and simmer for 5 minutes, until slightly thickened and stew-like.
From Salon ● May 19, 2026
Since that incident, Gen Bewick says Akrotiri's air defences have been "thickened".
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026
"This thickened, heated crust may have made the region mechanically weaker, so that the plate boundary preferentially shifted here," explains co-author PD Dr. Jörg Geldmacher, marine geologist at GEOMAR.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 23, 2026
The air was dense with moisture; clouds thickened and darkened the sky.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
That it is, in fact, a statement an ancillary character makes in Paweł Pawlikowski’s new film, “Fatherland,” speaks to the stench thickening the movie’s moral atmosphere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
On a humbler scale, Kail poetically marks the passage of time with a thickening palm tree.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
"Symptoms like thickening and laxity of the skin, so-called 'elephant skin', extreme shedding and sharply defined areas of redness next to normal skin."
From BBC ● Mar. 28, 2026
The team found that visceral fat was consistently associated with plaque buildup and artery wall thickening, while liver fat had a smaller but still important effect.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2025
The plant exploded, its vines thickening and curling around Gia's arms and legs, pinning her in place.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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