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
Arthur Bryant’s has my favorite ribs, and when you order, they bring out a whole loaf of Wonder Bread, which is still very novel and exciting to me.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
She found a loaf of bread on sale for fifteen cents and a jar of peanut butter for seventy-one cents.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
They reminisce about the brown bread: those sweet, dark little wheat loaves scented with honey, molasses, cocoa powder and espresso.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 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
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 a truck parked in the Kyiv region, Loic Nervi kneaded the dough vigorously before sliding dozens of tins into the oven -- loaves that will later be handed out to Ukrainians.
From Barron's ● Feb. 21, 2026
Anya tore a tiny piece of dough from each of the challah loaves, rolled them together into an olive-size ball, and set it aside.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
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
All day long the cat loafs about the house, takes things easy, sleeps by the fire, and allows himself to be pestered by the attentions of our womenfolk and annoyed by our children.
From Three Elephant Power and Other Stories by A. B. (Andrew Barton) Paterson
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
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
One day his southern neighbor, Joe Mondragon, loafed over.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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
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
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
Now he was closeted there either loafing or thinking because I didn’t hear his typewriter.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
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