knead

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Recent Examples of knead Continue mixing with your hands, kneading the mixture into a cohesive ball. Kelly Brant, Arkansas Online, 22 Apr. 2025 Some are sturdy enough to endure decades of beating egg whites, kneading dough, and whipping up cakes. Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 19 May 2025 The Manhattan native remembers her grandmother kneading dough all day long while making sambusak, a dumpling-like pastry, and cooking beef stew with okra. Erin Clements, People.com, 8 May 2025 Top-notch ski guides and the option of additional amenities, such as a massage therapist on the plane who can knead knots mid-flight. Tori Latham, Robb Report, 26 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for knead
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Verb
  • If raw red onion is too strong for you, let the slices soak in ice water for 15 to 30 minutes before draining, patting dry, and adding to the salad.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 28 June 2025
  • As the last step, pat at the white satin sneakers with a paper towel, and leave them to dry overnight.
    Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 25 June 2025
Verb
  • In the vein of Jim Ford and Tony Joe White, East’s voice is fully formed here, twining country rootstock with soul and gospel so tightly that the traditions feel inseparable, and rightly so.
    Will Hermes, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2025
  • Erwin formed Wonder Project with its CEO, Kelly Merryman Hoogstraten.
    Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 24 June 2025
Verb
  • Splitting time between hockey and the farm has never seemed to stretch Martin too thin, proving instead to have molded him into one of the most unique powerhouse prospects in years.
    Sean Neumann, People.com, 26 June 2025
  • These all came about because of comments from viewers and consumers asking if Joe could mold the bottles together in a trio, in a circle, and in other configurations.
    Liz Thach, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
Verb
  • But without the compliance of countries that manufacture such things, including Japan and the Netherlands, U.S. restrictions won’t work.
    KORI SCHAKE, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
  • View gallery - 6 images For the last few years, Italian engineers have been working on a humanoid robot for emergency response applications.
    Paul Ridden June 24, New Atlas, 24 June 2025
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  • Much of space insurance is modeled off the aviation industry, but space premiums are 10 to 20 times aviation premiums, Reuters reported in 2021.
    Tom Brown, Space.com, 28 June 2025
  • Gigi Hadid is one of the biggest names in modeling.
    Emily Mercer, Footwear News, 28 June 2025

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“Knead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knead. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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