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kneads

verb

present tense third-person singular of knead

as in pats

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As another period begins, Achord pats Melton on the head and Melton pats his coach on the back.

— Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Taken from their backside, the pair is seen carrying golf clubs as the former NSYNC star pats his son on the head.

— Melina Khan, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026

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An omakase meal at Morihiro taught me that the rice is actually the most important part of any sushi experience, and no one molds it with it as much panache as chef Morihiro Onodera.

— Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Bitingly funny in its comedy and wistful in its drama, the film rests on the delicate performance of newcomer Verma, a diminutive, age-appropriate actor who molds Ilyas in captivating ways.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026

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In Bellorado-Samuels’s own bedroom, the television is stashed under the bed and works by Barkley Hendricks, Sadie Barnett, and Charisse Pearlina Weston take pride of place.

— Sean Santiago, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2026
Microsoft’s Advanced Shader Delivery works by offloading shader compilation for different hardware combinations to the cloud.

— Tom Warren, The Verge, 21 Oct. 2026

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Intimate drama set in the Chernobyl exclusion zone, where a young Ukrainian deserter finds refuge with an elderly woman and forms an unlikely bond.

— Annika Pham, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
Fans of the austere contemporary design that forms the back-bone of the Design Hotel concept will love this new fifty room hipster tucked away in a non-descript side street near Frankfurt’s main train station.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Oct. 2026

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