bead
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While investors are trying to get a bead on the Fed, earnings season is rolling on.
From Barron's ● Feb. 3, 2026
During breaks, she’d work at a Chicago bead store, where she learned about global jewelry-making practices.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2025
Not just that, but Julia also had a bead on part-time remote work.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2025
Also discovered in the archaeological excavation -- led by UW Department of Anthropology Professor Todd Surovell -- was a bead made from a hare bone, the oldest known bead in the Americas.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 27, 2024
Jeanne’s stomach turned over hard, and sweat began to bead up on her lip.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
In agriculture, fertilizers can be enclosed inside PHA beads that gradually release their contents as the plastic breaks down.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
Nearby, a handmade chandelier by artist Helen Stickler, decorated with vintage Swarovski crystals and beads, adds to what Weger describes as her “Candyland vibe.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
While Burnham told the Times his mother would be "wearing her rosary beads out" to mark him becoming prime minister, his father, Roy, will unfortunately be unaware of his son's achievement due to his dementia.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
In some sense she played a character called “Ma Rainey,” one who stunned with eye-catching beads and her dress and demeanor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
She could see beads of brilliant light through the weave of the scarf.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
Toward the end of the antitrust trial against the National Football League, the women attorneys on the case with her made her beaded friendship bracelets with sayings like “Closing Queen” and “WTVR Beth Wants.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 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
Actress and event co-chair Nicole Kidman donned a red, long-sleeved beaded column gown by Chanel.
From BBC ● May 4, 2026
Mr. Ransome, who wore a sweater vest and hung his glasses from a beaded chain, looked up as he entered.
From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste
That later changed to a pale pink suit with silver beading before a final switch to a dark brown velvet number.
From BBC ● May 11, 2025
Cell biologist John Heuser from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis also thinks beading is an artifact of the preparation process.
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
In the coming months, the nonprofit will launch a new event series in which it will partner with local creatives to host activities such as cooking, beading, crocheting and reading.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2023
She’s right, thought Fadi, sweat beading on his forehead.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
