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With 90 minutes left before his deadline expired, he announced a two-week ceasefire that appears to be hanging by a thread.
From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026
The result - a 2-0 defeat by Paris St-Germain in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final - left Liverpool's season hanging by a thread.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
“I just passed on a package of Nestle semi-sweet chocolate chips this morning because the bag was $10,” one Reddit user wrote in a discussion thread about the E-shaped economy.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026
So I had to go back in the thread or to my screenshots to see what was next.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
In his hand was a bouquet: baby’s breath and a stalk or two of lily of the valley, tastefully tied up in thread.
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
Vocabulary lists containing thread
"The Song of Wandering Aengus" by W.B. Yeats
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Cormac McCarthy's "The Road"
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"Modern Automotive Technology," Vocabulary from Section 1
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