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
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
Mami had strung a nugget of coral and an onyx bead on a safety pin and attached it to Raymond’s baby shirt at birth.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
He appeared at Margate Magistrates' Court on Friday via videolink wearing a grey T-shirt and rosary beads.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 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
Other discoveries include glass beads, stone tools, nails, and animal bones from meals that included turtle, freshwater fish, and turkey.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 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
The beads felt even smaller than they looked, but I managed to thread five— cherry red and two shades of pink.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
On loan from La Cinémathèque Française, Paris, laid flat in a vitrine, is a flesh-colored silk-chiffon slip dress, its hem beaded with silver lozenges.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
The distinction matters: the study did not suggest that every beaded axon is damaged.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
The doorbell went again and a walking sculpture dressed in an Anne Boleyn-style quilted dress with beaded face mask appeared.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Partygoers seemed more enthused about the vendor selling beaded plushie necklaces than about heading to the dance floor.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
A skirt with a beaded pattern of pomegranates, another that pulls up, like a curtain, to show a stage with jeweled mechanical puppets underneath.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
In those settings, the beading can accompany damage to the cell membrane and the internal framework that helps maintain the axon's structure.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
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
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
Pullum stood behind the pulpit wrapped in a long black robe with red crosses on its front, sweat beading his forehead.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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