loaf
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Large, white, long-haired cat the Big Lebowski settled into a loaf position by my head.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Very few people would consider a fresh bakery loaf to be “ultra” processed.
From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2026
Not every dinner party loaf requires a sourdough starter and a three-day commitment.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
The Manchester mum of three is especially keen on yellow-sticker items, which led her to try a discounted loaf of Japanese milk bread, external recently, with her video racking up 41,000 views on Instagram.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
“He sure loves my meat loaf, I can tell you that,” Bertha said.
From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor
Olives, hams and sausages, tinned seafood, fresh loaves, classic Spanish cheeses.
From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026
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
The innkeeper appeared with five bowls of stew and two warm, round loaves of bread.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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
“You take an ounce of peanut butter and spread it over five loafs of bread and you say everybody got something.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2021
The longer a man loafs around in this old place, under pretense of reading and that kind of thing, the harder it is for him to take hold.”
From Stories by American Authors, Volume 8 by Various
Maria answered the door as her husband, Jorrit, loafed on the couch in front of the television.
From New York Times ● May 13, 2022
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
But far more it was because the Warriors struggled—because Andre Iguodala got hurt, because Kevin Durant loafed after rebounds, because the Warriors never quite clicked.
From Slate ● Jun. 8, 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
The rest of the day we all just loafed around, talking trash and flipping through page after page of Jazz's scrapbook.
From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds
Proof of that is in the presence of Meghan’s beloved beagle Guy, still loafing in the corner as our host roasts chicken and throws together caramelized onion tarts.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2025
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
Pages later—hearing and exposed—Whitman starts to write about all the travel he can do by imagining, and lists all the places he can visit while loafing on the grass.
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
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