knead

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Recent Examples of knead The dual-paddle design ensures bread is kneaded evenly. Bestreviews, Mercury News, 29 Aug. 2025 Once solid, remove butter from the whisk, knead it briefly (working quickly to prevent melting), then wash it in the ice bath until any excess liquid from the butter is removed. Elizabeth Karmel, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025 Gently knead together any scraps, being careful not to overwork the dough. Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Aug. 2025 Food processors chop your vegetables, knead your dough, grate your cheese and complete a variety of other jobs. Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for knead
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Verb
  • The clip, shared by Sarah Ingle (@saraheingle), a dedicated dog fosterer, shows seven-month-old Cookie Crisps nestled in her arms while Ingle gently pats her bottom.
    Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Both teams patted the star wideout on the back after he was loaded onto the cart.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
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  • In Tokyo, the Nakameguro Sakura Matsuri Festival (held mid/late March to early April) brings with it some 800 trees that form a pink arch over the Meguro River.
    Kristin Braswell, AFAR Media, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Girard and Manson form a good, but unspectacular, second pair that has struggled at times to stay healthy.
    Harman Dayal, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Arizona’s offense was molded around Conner’s toughness.
    Doug Haller, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • This time around, Lu has a front-of-house and lighting crew, and even new molded in-ears, too.
    John Lonsdale, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2025
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  • Two of her three children attend the center full time while Wentland juggles part-time work and a full-time class load; her husband works full time.
    Gina Lee Castro, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Perez said community members and law enforcement need to work together in order to combat violent crime.
    Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Diddy adopted Quincy Brown, 33, the son of ex-girlfriend and model Kim Porter, who died in 2018 after a battle with pneumonia.
    Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Anyone proposing to offer a master class on changing the world for the better, without becoming negative, cynical, angry or narrow-minded in the process, could model their advice on the life and work of pioneering animal behavior scholar Jane Goodall.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025

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“Knead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knead. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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