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thread

[thred] / θrɛd /




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As I moved from darkened room to darkened room, ridiculed in one, flirted with in another, a thread of finding one’s own personal paradise in a hellscape began to emerge.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 18, 2026

A constant thread through each episode is the noise, the pace of activity and the constant demands on the staff who never seem to get a break.

From BBC Sep. 13, 2026

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

From MarketWatch Sep. 13, 2026

“I don’t think anybody expected the thread to go as viral as it did, and a response like this is not the sort of thing anyone can manufacture,” Coxon said.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2026

At our local sewing shop, you can buy Cleopatra’s Needle thread and other goodies.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman

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

So executives are asking employees to send more of those chats to group threads, which agents can parse.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 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

The results introduce a new way to "match the threads" between light and matter.

From Science Daily Jul. 28, 2026

His mind buzzing, the threads on his arms going haywire like they didn’t know which way to point.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

He threaded passes into minuscule gaps in Ohio State’s zone defense.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 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

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

I yelled at her retreating back as she threaded her way through the crowd.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon

“It’s on its side and the mirror image. So it runs backwards to what would be sort of a logical assumption of its threading pattern.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

Olise's central positioning has also benefited Mbappe, with the Bayern Munich assist king France's most proficient player at threading through balls between defenders.

From BBC Jun. 30, 2026

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

From Science Daily Jun. 5, 2026

In the current crisis, “he is really threading this needle,” Phelps said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 29, 2026

The man nodded, looking relieved to have fulfilled his duty, and walked back across the ballroom, threading his way past the many couples dancing there.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson




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