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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
rethread .
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Examples
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Mussolini continued to speak in a distracted way as he rethreaded the film through the projector.
DBTL 23: Show and Tell Johnny Pez 2009
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Mussolini continued to speak in a distracted way as he rethreaded the film through the projector.
Archive 2009-07-01 Johnny Pez 2009
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Police say the driver apparently lost control and hid a guardrail after an illegally rethreaded tire blew.
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Lately, they have been culled, "untangled," rethreaded, and worked by Blackburn into a tapestry of tales told by persons who worked, hung out, and grew up with Billie Holiday.
Street Diva Kempton, Arthur 2005
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Mr. Mack replaced the hand on the bedding, rethreaded the beads through its fingers.
At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002
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Mr. Mack replaced the hand on the bedding, rethreaded the beads through its fingers.
At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002
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"Oh, darn!" she exclaimed in annoyance, and once more rethreaded her needle.
Baby Mine Margaret Mayo 1916
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"Oh, darn!" she exclaimed in annoyance, and once more rethreaded her needle.
Baby Mine 1911
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There comes a confused murmur of voices, and the tower is threaded and rethreaded with great cables.
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete Series I, II, and III John Addington Symonds 1866
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There comes a confused murmur of voices, and the tower is threaded and rethreaded with great cables.
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series John Addington Symonds 1866
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