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They wore fliers around their necks, hung with yellow thread, bearing the smiling faces and names of some of the 75 people who have died since January 2025.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
High thread density and single-thread performance measure two different aspects of compute.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
No. As a born-and-raised Mainer, I’ve followed many a social media thread in which former Platner supporters express suspicion that his replacement won’t reflect the progressive platform they voted for.
From Slate ● Jul. 16, 2026
In a recent thread, one parent spoke of the "insane" amount they were asked to give, while another said they felt pressured to contribute, especially if there was a class "Queen Bee" organising the collection.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Then the dull gray lightened and shimmered, and before my very eyes it transformed into a thick, shining thread, stretched tight over the wheel.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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Reddit threads tout the film as a modern classic, measured against the standard “The Exorcist” set, and more formal writing draws worthy comparisons between Linda Blair’s unforgettable performance and newcomer Inde Navarrette’s work in “Obsession.”
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
Meyering carefully threads the themes of parental concern and young adult independence throughout her screenplay.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026
Elon Green weaves the mystery’s disparate threads into a single, unforgettable narrative.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
On Reddit threads where people are discussing what they have done with their wedding and engagement rings some say they continue to wear theirs, sometimes to ward off unwanted advances.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Hadel glared at the tapestry but continued with her spinning, and as she fell back into the rhythm, her threads lightened back to lavender.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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Absorbed students carefully threaded wires into junction boxes to make circuits connected to lights, bulbs flickering on one by one to signal a job well done.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
The vehicle was a phrase Beijing threaded through its accounts of the meeting: a “constructive strategic partnership.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
Then, after Ross Barkley equalised, Fernandes threaded a pass through the Villa defence for Matheus Cunha who slotted home to give United a lead they would not lose.
From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2026
If I need to get my eyebrows threaded or my nails done, I can do everything at the mall while I’m shopping.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2026
There are still tendrils of mist threaded through the evergreens that rise along the surrounding bluffs.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
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Olise's central positioning has also benefited Mbappe, with the Bayern Munich assist king France's most proficient player at threading through balls between defenders.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
The results showed that magnetic fields threading through the surrounding gas can help draw protostars closer together.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 5, 2026
In the current crisis, “he is really threading this needle,” Phelps said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 29, 2026
Poehler is uniquely skilled at threading the needle.
From Salon ● Jan. 16, 2026
He began threading Rosemont through the field, cutting in and out, picking off horses one by one, talking in his horse’s ear as clumps of dirt cracked into his face.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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"The Song of Wandering Aengus" by W.B. Yeats
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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