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bead

[beed] / bid /


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Each bead slipped through her fingers as if she were marking the seconds, bargaining with time.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026

While investors are trying to get a bead on the Fed, earnings season is rolling on.

From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026

"I'm bursting with confidence now... not a single bead of sweat."

From BBC • Oct. 23, 2025

Hernández lined it to the gap, where center fielder Luis Matos struggled to get a bead.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 14, 2025

I tried not to be too disappointed—surely our bead sales would pick up again once we had a bigger stock of necklaces to show.

From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman




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