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[thred] / θrɛd /




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Throughout the season, “Lanterns” played upon established canon to thread a host of themes.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

Bellingham produced a lovely pass to thread Kane through for the first goal, scored England's second and assisted Saka for England's fourth.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

The French government defended on Thursday its plans to cut spending and raise taxes as it tries to thread the needle between jittery debt markets and public discontent over the rising cost of living.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

Tether was still a common thread in many of the wallets most recently sanctioned by the U.S., according to Senate investigators.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Finally, he pulled out another spool of thread.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

Reddit threads abound with fertility playlist suggestions and Bareilles’ addition to the canon doesn’t go unnoticed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

It also threads throughout a few clever nods to Bob Dylan, though how that element fits into the whole I’ve yet to fully figure out—just the kind of lingering headscratcher this festival excels at.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Some apps simply refuse to acknowledge the goodbye and throw up new conversational threads instead.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

They followed those threads to Facebook groups and Telegram channels.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

From the apple on the food tray to the quilt on her bed to the mirror on her wall, all were stitched with gray threads.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

“We’re bringing all those disparate AI-power moments for the customer into one really elegant single threaded conversational assistant,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

So, on Sept. 25, 1974, Jobe took a tendon from John’s right arm, threaded it through holes he had drilled in John’s left elbow and hoped it all would work.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

The ’90s-era nihilism that threaded so many of Araki’s films has taken a hard slant toward technological despondency.

From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026

Researchers have now shown that specially shaped light can act as a similar type of threaded probe, interacting differently with molecules depending on their handedness.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026

His antlers are threaded with a few thin cobwebs, and his coat is a white so bright that it seems silver in the afternoon light.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

These outflows are consistent with winds generated by magnetic fields threading through the disk.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

I’m like, “Jesus, Jack. You’re really threading that needle.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026

But it isn’t clear whether threading that needle is possible if Siri AI is a runaway hit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Fury upped the tempo in the latter rounds, varying his attack and threading in several uppercuts, but Makhmudov absorbed them without ever really being shaken.

From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2026

Though the threading took skill, it did not take the physical strength demanded in the machine rooms, and the girls sat on high stools as they worked.

From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson




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