loaf
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For the toast I eat every day: I use spelt polenta bread from Bub and Grandma’s and a polenta Pullman loaf from She-Wolf Bakery, at Canyon and at home.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
When he joined the back of the line, he said, the note could purchase two loaves of bread; by the time he got to the front, it bought him half a loaf.
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026
At some point between the blacksmithery heat, second loaf of cinnamon bread and feeling my soul leave my body aboard a haunted coal mine coaster, it hit me that this simply will never happen again.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Not every dinner party loaf requires a sourdough starter and a three-day commitment.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
Betsie cut three slices from the round loaf of bread while I looked around the table trying to decide which adult would be most enthusiastic about my decision to stay at home.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
When he joined the back of the line, he said, the note could purchase two loaves of bread; by the time he got to the front, it bought him half a loaf.
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026
While others were perfecting their sourdough loaves or getting into bird-watching during the pandemic, Facundo Monteiro Kempf, a 35-year-old who works in cybersecurity for Microsoft, was memorizing Burgundian vineyard classifications.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Olives, hams and sausages, tinned seafood, fresh loaves, classic Spanish cheeses.
From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026
Reality TV star Queen Mercy Atang arrived in one of the evening's most attention-grabbing looks, a dress, she said, was made from more than 500 loaves of bread.
From BBC ● May 10, 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
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
Wayans’s character loafs through training, and Berg’s undergoes a stirring transformation — and then the champion knocks out the white challenger in 27 seconds.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 23, 2017
One works; one loafs and takes command; But I know who wins the game!
From The Book of American Negro Poetry by James Weldon Johnson
The idea of public space felt foreign, something I could access only through movies where people loafed around Central Park and sipped espressos in packed Italian piazzas.
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2021
The nearly 400-pound birdfeeder bandit fell for a buffet of birdseed and suet and loafed into a tube-shaped trailer trap.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 19, 2021
Though Beal admitted he has loafed in transition, he’ll play every significant minute.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 9, 2018
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
One day his southern neighbor, Joe Mondragon, loafed over.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
A brown bear known as 89 Backpack has won the annual Fat Bear Week competition, after what the US National Parks Service described as a "battle of size, skill, snack acquisition, and strategic loafing".
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
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
Oldman: Despite his appearance, and that we think he’s loafing off, sitting there with his feet on the desk, he was incredibly good at his job at one time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2023
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
A dozen boys were loafing there on the grass after dinner, and a kitchen rattle from the wing of one of the buildings accompanied their talk.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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