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beads

NOUN
string of small, often round, objects
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It paid homage to a nurse’s steady hands, to a mother’s prayer beads slipping through her fingers, and to a belief that our stories do not end at the point of collapse.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026

This allows the beads to begin oscillating on their own while floating in mid-air, producing a steady rhythm that reflects the unusual forces at play.

From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026

Above the fracas of color float three white clouds, from which raindrops hang like strings of beads dressing up a doorway.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

One visitor touched her rosary beads on the case.

From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026

For a moment she saw them gliding out of their huts with Aunt Shuvai’s beads twined around their long bodies.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer




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