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
From next year's contest, the backing track may not "unduly assist" the singer or singers on stage, for example by including a pre-recorded voice singing the main melody to thicken or support the live performance.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 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
As we came near the village, the crowds started to thicken.
From "The Night Diary" by Veera Hiranandani
To that, add your reserved hard-boiled yolks, blended in until the mixture thickens and turns almost custard-like.
From Salon ● Apr. 14, 2026
Whisk in milk with a diplomatic splash of chicken stock, slowly, so the mixture thickens with composure.
From Salon ● Apr. 7, 2026
Few writers since Henry James can create an atmosphere of doubt around events and character as effectively as this author does, and in “Venetian Vespers” the miasma thickens at every turn.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
But as Ritter thickens her plot and ups the stakes, swapping con tricks for corpses, the book turns into a mystery, one that its antiheroine tries frantically to unravel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2025
The smoke thickens around her as she climbs out of the wreckage of her apartment.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
Each layer thickened the regulatory side of the law, but without strengthening the liberal one.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
When the sleepiest central bank on Earth becomes the one that matters, the plot has thickened.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
But for deeper flavor, transfer the skillet to the oven and bake for 20–25 minutes, until bubbling around the edges and slightly thickened.
From Salon ● May 19, 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 July heat thickened and deepened, but Dicey wasn’t slowed down by that.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
For hypertrophic cardiomyopathy—the thickening of heart muscles—it was 56 steps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 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
These polar "geoengineering" techniques aim to cool the planet in unconventional ways, such as artificially thickening sea-ice or releasing tiny, reflective particles into the atmosphere.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2025
They gather shortly after daybreak outside a minimarket, the tropical heat thickening, the dawn haze in lethargic retreat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 21, 2025
The world swirled, then steadied as Frankie balanced his weight on his good leg and peered through the thickening smoke.
From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau
