beads
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In a post to X on Monday, the "Turn Back Time" singer wrote: "My dear Bob has gone up to heaven. Knowing him, he's bringing sequins, beads and his sketch pad. Good nite sweet Prince."
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
"Their weight is known precisely. They therefore allow us to correctly interpret the scale's balance. Similarly, the glass beads allow us to draw the correct conclusions from the properties of the infrared radiation."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026
Doyle Lane ceramic beads hang on a wooden clock above a collection of $2 bills.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
Elsewhere, sizable sculptures of unknown creatures made from glass beads are effortfully wacky.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Cassiopeia proved it by using her fingers to do sums on her abacus, and flicked the beads up and down with nary a wince.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
