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thread

[thred] / θrɛd /




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No. As a born-and-raised Mainer, I’ve followed many a social media thread in which former Platner supporters express suspicion that his replacement won’t reflect the progressive platform they voted for.

From Slate Jul. 16, 2026

Underneath it all runs the Diego Maradona-Messi thread.

From BBC Jul. 15, 2026

The researchers gently stimulated the animals' vellus-like hairs using a small loop of thread to produce mechanical itch.

From Science Daily Jul. 14, 2026

The ’80s, ’90s and 2000s are rightly at 8, 9 and 10, but watch out, ’70s on 7, you’re hanging by a thread.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

I broke the thread off quickly and jumped away from the wheel, like somehow I had infected it with my curse.

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

Reddit threads tout the film as a modern classic, measured against the standard “The Exorcist” set, and more formal writing draws worthy comparisons between Linda Blair’s unforgettable performance and newcomer Inde Navarrette’s work in “Obsession.”

From Salon Jul. 22, 2026

On Facebook and Reddit combined, there are dozens of groups and threads dedicated to Photoshop requests.

From Slate Jul. 19, 2026

“Being able to nail the food, and nail the story, those are two very difficult threads to weave,” Garner says.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

On Reddit threads where people are discussing what they have done with their wedding and engagement rings some say they continue to wear theirs, sometimes to ward off unwanted advances.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

It was Oswald the miller, fatter than ever, his girth covered in red velvet, trimmed with gold threads.

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

But threaded through the movie is another story, well-suited to the director’s dry and self-effacing sense of humor, of Hollywood producers interested in remaking “Sherman’s March” as a fiction feature.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 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

But in the 110th minute, Mark Hughes threaded a ball into Norman Whiteside's path with the outside of his boot.

From BBC May 15, 2026

Ella stepped closer, noticing how Brigit threaded with her eyes closed.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

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

From Science Daily Jun. 5, 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

Calvin turned on East Las Flores Drive, threading under the canopy of crape myrtles, pines and deodar cedars, and pulled up to his Midcentury ranch home and ran next door to check on his mom.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 17, 2025

England ended the half stronger and narrowed the gap to four points with the final action of the half, Harry Smith threading a penalty.

From BBC Nov. 8, 2025

Spider hung off the top handle of his backpack, threading their safety line.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young




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