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kneads

verb

present tense third-person singular of knead

as in pats

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In police body camera footage, which Feder shared with WCCO, Feder gets out with his hands up and an officer pats him down.

— Ashley Grams, CBS News, 12 July 2026
Each function compares itself to that function at other companies of similar scale and the functional leader pats themselves on the back for being ahead or at least not behind.

— Keith Ferrazzi, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026

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As the air is extracted, the coffee grounds transition from a loose, flowing state into a rigid mass that molds itself around the object’s shape.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 29 July 2026
Pulitzer-Prize finalist Daniel Mason molds his new novel around Miles Krzelewski, married to a Stanford academic superstar, twelve years tardy on his dissertation.

— Hamilton Cain, Time, 7 July 2026

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As required by the Lead and Copper Rule, the Philadelphia Water Department’s treatment includes corrosion control that forms a protective coating on the inside of pipes.

— Christine Kirchhoff, The Conversation, 30 July 2026
The installation forms one part of Frogner Park, one of Oslo’s busiest recreational spaces, where monumental art sits alongside picnics, exercise, family outings and ordinary neighborhood life.

— David Nikel, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

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Denny Hamlin, who was born in nearby Tampa, chases the best finish of his 21-year career.

— Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 31 July 2026
The Textbook Case The R&D tax credit rewards work that chases something new or improved, leans on real engineering, begins with technical uncertainty and resolves it through experimentation.

— Anna Meadows, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

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