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Recent Examples of knead
Dust a clean surface with flour, top with the dough, and using clean hands, knead the dough to ensure no flour pockets remain.
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Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Feb. 2026
Let the infusion brew for about 10 minutes, then squeeze and knead the bag so that all of the water ends up in your container.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2026
Turn dough out onto a surface and knead lightly to bring together (dough may seem dry but will come together by the end of the rolling process; if dough feels very dry and crumbly add up to 2 Tbsp.
—Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 Feb. 2026
Massage guns have become ingrained in the post-workout recovery process, with many people reaching for these handheld percussion massagers to knead out sore muscles.
—Korin Miller, Outside, 7 Jan. 2026
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Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Feb. 2026
Let the infusion brew for about 10 minutes, then squeeze and knead the bag so that all of the water ends up in your container.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2026
Turn dough out onto a surface and knead lightly to bring together (dough may seem dry but will come together by the end of the rolling process; if dough feels very dry and crumbly add up to 2 Tbsp.
—Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 Feb. 2026
Massage guns have become ingrained in the post-workout recovery process, with many people reaching for these handheld percussion massagers to knead out sore muscles.
—Korin Miller, Outside, 7 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for knead
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Kids love the hands-on steps here — scooping soil, patting it down around the plants and writing Grandma’s name on a tag.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Sacbee.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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Kimmel, always happy to pat himself on the back, agreed.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
21 Apr. 2026
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The case centers on Musk’s claim that OpenAI, Altman and Microsoft betrayed OpenAI's original mission as a nonprofit to benefit humanity by forming a for-profit entity in March 2019, 13 months after Musk left the OpenAI board.—
Deepa Seetharaman,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2026
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That music was one of the only ways to communicate with his mom and formed the soundtrack to the mother and son’s happiest moments.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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That collaborative spirit is visible throughout the building and sculptures, which include faces carved in stone that were molded from real people who lived or worked nearby during Gaudí's time as chief architect, including neighborhood vendors and maintenance workers.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
30 Apr. 2026
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When standout quarterbacks like Dereon Coleman and Carter Emanuel and Sam Johnson graduate, coaches face a difficult challenge in finding and molding the right person to step into the role the next season.—
Chris Hays,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Apr. 2026
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In Florida, most art students go on to work for Disney World; Carly’s Chateau is a theme park scaled to the domestic.—
Olivia Kan-Sperling,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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Amid Paul and Mortensen's ongoing legal battle, the fifth season of Mormon Wives temporarily halted production in March after several cast members refused to work with Paul, sources told PEOPLE at the time.—
Luke Chinman,
PEOPLE,
1 May 2026
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Parents can model that and encourage teenagers to use the language amongst themselves.—
Kara Alaimo,
CNN Money,
28 Apr. 2026
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The researchers used nationwide death certificate records from 1999 to 2022 to model what the suicide mortality would have been had the 988 line not launched.—
Devi Shastri,
Fortune,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Knead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knead. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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