bead
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“I don’t think anybody had a firm bead on what the result was going to be,” Lance Dutson, a Maine Republican strategist who worked on Collins’ 2008, 2014, and 2020 campaigns, told me.
From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2026
While investors are trying to get a bead on the Fed, earnings season is rolling on.
From Barron's ● Feb. 3, 2026
The researchers found that certain phosphate groups in DNA can pull in positively charged molecules during a chemical reaction, helping them align correctly -- much like a magnet drawing a metal bead into place.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2025
"I'm bursting with confidence now... not a single bead of sweat."
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2025
One sharp tap and the bead flattened to a tiny leaf shape, with the remainder of the wire its stem.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Orbeez are small, water-absorbing beads sold at toy stores.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
Tiny flowers made from minuscule pearl beads dot her deep-red nails.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
A devout Catholic, it was there that she gave my dad her most precious gift: her own mom’s rosary beads.
From Salon ● Jun. 3, 2026
Archaeologists recently uncovered jewelry that included a pierced deer tooth and beads, all carbon dated to around 11,000 years ago.
From Science Daily ● May 20, 2026
He pulls out ten or so round beads from his shirt pocket and lays them in a row in the dirt.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
Partygoers seemed more enthused about the vendor selling beaded plushie necklaces than about heading to the dance floor.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
Twentysomethings clad in Deftones and Pikachu tees, Dodgers caps, and beaded bracelets joined the procession, snaking from the dance floor through the bar area and back down again.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
This time around, she arrived in a sculptural silver gown from Maison Margiela with an intricately beaded bodice and an Art Deco-style headpiece.
From Barron's ● May 5, 2026
Gayle King, gripping the train of her beaded dress, walked cautiously in her heels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2026
Her eyes land on the mural behind the stage, where one of the painted dancers is wearing bright red lipstick that clashes with her pink beaded collar.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
For the first time Gibson collaborated with other Indigenous artists, who specialized in beading, drum-making and silver engraving.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2025
Heshima winces in pain as he tries to shift his weight, sweat beading on his face.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2025
“Axon morphology in living animals is under constant and dynamic change,” says neuroscientist Tong Wang from ShanghaiTech University, who has studied beading in diseased neurons.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 2, 2024
The collection closed with formalwear with clusters of beading, as if barnacles, and coral-inspired embroidery gave a naturalistic touch.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 13, 2024
She wipes at the sweat that’s beading on her makeuped forehead.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
