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Recent Examples of knead
This is because tendons that normally curl the toes downward (such as when cats knead your lap) pull on the amputation stumps so that the stumps rub on the ground, and no mechanism remains to oppose that action.
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The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026
Dust a clean surface with flour, top with the dough, and using clean hands, knead the dough to ensure no flour pockets remain.
—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
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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The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026
Dust a clean surface with flour, top with the dough, and using clean hands, knead the dough to ensure no flour pockets remain.
—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
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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Gonzalez, who was wearing a blue, button-up shirt and khaki pants, patted the back of his attorney, Jude Faccidomo.—
Grethel Aguila,
Sun Sentinel,
1 May 2026
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Gonzalez, who was wearing a blue button up-shirt and khaki pants, patted the back of his attorney, Jude Faccidomo.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
30 Apr. 2026
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When Napoleon later sought to reëstablish it, Saint-Domingue’s leaders declared independence from France, forming the Black republic of Haiti, in 1804.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Both co-chaired the event with Wintour, who wore a Loewe custom floor-length jacket adorned in feathers that formed tulip bouquets.—
Luis Giraldo,
CBS News,
4 May 2026
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Those panels are color-molded, not painted.—
Ben Coxworth
May 01,
New Atlas,
1 May 2026
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Paglen traces magickal attempts to mold reality back to midcentury covert operations such as the CIA’s infamous MKUltra program—the one exploring mind control through electroshock therapy, hypnosis, and LSD.—
Louis Bury,
ARTnews.com,
1 May 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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The struggle to accurately model these phenomena means that despite growing observational evidence of violent eruptions, the underlying physical mechanisms remain poorly understood.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
3 May 2026
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Because of their similar height, Canady has even looked to model his game after McDuffie’s.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
2 May 2026
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“Knead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knead. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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