bead
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In fairness, getting a bead on a primary in which the candidates keep shifting and many voters remain undecided isn’t easy.
From Slate ● Aug. 12, 2026
He managed to get back two coral bead crowns and a tunic but it was only in 2021 that any significant repatriation of artefacts by Western universities and museums began.
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2026
While investors are trying to get a bead on the Fed, earnings season is rolling on.
From Barron's ● Feb. 3, 2026
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
A bead of sweat trickled down the curve of his bald head, made its way to his earlobe, and hung there, trembling.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
"These ubiquitous little beads of rock are the basic building blocks from which the planets themselves were eventually assembled," Grewal said.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
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
Audiences and critics alike are bored of film executives clinging to the same proven names and proven plots as tightly as worry beads.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
Elsewhere, sizable sculptures of unknown creatures made from glass beads are effortfully wacky.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Sisters safe and shining, with grad-cap feathers flying, rock your beads and rock your vote.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
The distinction matters: the study did not suggest that every beaded axon is damaged.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
Iconic fashion designer Bob Mackie, who has died aged 87, spent his career styling the biggest stars in his signature bedazzled, feathered and beaded couture.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
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
BH: The two beaded dresses took over a month because every bead was hand beaded and sewn on.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
He stands up and walks back to the beaded curtain.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
For the Johns Hopkins team, an important question remains how the structure seen in functioning axons relates to the damaging beading associated with neurological disease.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
KSENIASCHNAIDER's show was in complete contrast to Annie's highly crafted runway looks, which were a flurry of beading, embellishment and feathers.
From BBC ● Feb. 20, 2026
The repetitive nature of weaving and beading and hands-on craftsmanship are important to Gibson.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 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
She saw Ser Jorah Mormont, wearing mail and leather now, sweat beading on his broad, balding forehead.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
