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kneaded

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past tense of knead

as in molded

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Rogow has assembled a solid cast, molded to his vision, to close out Island City’s 14th season.

— Oline Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2026
Each piece is a little bit of the earth itself, molded to a shape that fits easily in the hand, baked to achieve permanence and then stacked, one atop another, to form a wall that can enclose, shelter and delight us.

— Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026

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Mafe got blocked behind Mayfield, but broke free as Mayfield patted the ball, looking for somebody open downfield.

— Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Edwards stood silently -- remaining in the well until Johnson left the rostrum, approached Edwards from behind and patted him on the back -- leading him up the aisle to the back of the chamber.

— John Parkinson, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026

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Related The jazz five-piece formed in a youth club, Tomorrow’s Warriors in Enfield, north London, before growing steadily into a must-see live act and cultural leader.

— Thomas Smith, Billboard, 16 Sep. 2026
The fewer bonds present, the higher the temperature at which the minerals in the tooth formed.

— Corinne Purtill Follow, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

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Director/co-writer Zach Cregger has fashioned a movie with original characters set in the world of the games, where a virus outbreak caused by the nefarious Umbrella Corporation threatens the world with zombies and other hard-to-re-kill creatures.

— Jesse Hassenger, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026
The decision to invade emanated from within the political order Putin has fashioned, a system that has been hardened by the war more than it has been transformed.

— MICHAEL KIMMAGE, Foreign Affairs, 14 Sep. 2026

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Eric worked for a time as a software developer in a few start-ups, and Owen as an analyst at a venture-capital firm.

— Eric Zwick, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026
What worked was giving people something real to discuss and share, rather than asking them to absorb another leadership message.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026

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