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thread

[thred] / θrɛd /




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But energy is still the thread running through all of it, said Mendez.

From MarketWatch Sep. 13, 2026

His thread on X has hundreds of thousands of reposts.

From Slate Sep. 12, 2026

Laying these names out in a line, it’s hard to miss the connecting thread.

From Salon Sep. 11, 2026

She said there was a "thread" of "dominance, control and lack of accountability" in Potier's behaviour.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

In his hand was a tiny parcel, of brown paper and thin green thread.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

Initially declared a success with "no visible alteration" to the 70-metre-long tapestry following its arrival, France last week said two broken threads were spotted during a full condition check.

From Barron's Sep. 10, 2026

It was just too much of a nightmare to leave something half done, when I knew how hard it would be to pick up the threads in another week or month.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

Twenty-four minutes later, the tops were craggy, the centers soft and brownie-like, and just enough little green threads remained visible to remind you what season it was.

From Salon Aug. 31, 2026

Epner cited other themes, including healthcare in America, as potential narrative threads that could sway a jury in Mangione's favour.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

Anya sighed and searched the air for threads.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

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

Absorbed students carefully threaded wires into junction boxes to make circuits connected to lights, bulbs flickering on one by one to signal a job well done.

From Barron's Jul. 8, 2026

Salonen’s own music, much of it new to L.A., was threaded throughout.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 23, 2026

That time, he beat his defender down the left flank and threaded a pass to Balogun right in front of the net for a tap-in.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 13, 2026

She pulled threads from moonlight and threaded the magic between her fingertips.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

Far from simply pressing a button, film projectionists must actively guide a screening, threading and splicing reels and closely monitoring for mechanical issues.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

By threading Celan’s poems through the lived record, Ms. Arno restores a proud, wounded, flirtatious, multilingual man often romanticized by reverence.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 5, 2026

The results showed that magnetic fields threading through the surrounding gas can help draw protostars closer together.

From Science Daily Jun. 5, 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

He could feel every vein and artery in his body threading fire through his frame, if it was not ice that they pumped: he could not tell.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman




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