stripe
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EBT cards are more susceptible to theft because most don't have a chip, only a magnetic stripe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
That businessman, Daniel Vorcaro, forged contacts with a sprawling network of politicians of every stripe, top judges and high-ranking officials before landing in jail for one of Brazil's biggest-ever financial scandals.
From Barron's ● Sep. 5, 2026
Newcastle's new home kit uses what's been described as a 'disrupted stripe'.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
The intense pull of Seville’s silver drew fortune-seekers of every stripe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
The cupboards held soft towels and sheets with a ticking stripe.
From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart
Thieves have exploited antiquated magnetic stripes on benefits cards to steal hundreds of millions of public dollars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
R2-D2’s streaky blue accent stripes appear to be hand-colored as if by paint marker.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
The researchers then arranged horizontal and vertical stripes in systematic combinations.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
Older incumbents of all ideological stripes swept the state’s Democratic primaries Tuesday night.
From Slate ● Sep. 2, 2026
It was a large cage—perhaps four feet high—and inside was a strange-looking bird: black, as big as a small crow, but with stripes of color on its side.
From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen
“A full head of hair. And maybe wearing this striped shirt that I got — if it still exists.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
At Mitsuwa Marketplace, the sprawling Japanese supermarket outside Chicago, Pastry House Hippo sells a frankfurter inside a beautiful yeasty shell, striped with ketchup.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026
The new name plaques adorn the wall of a long corridor and are displayed next to many images of prisoners dressed in striped shirts with shaved heads.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
The photo shows a vacationing couple seated in striped deck chairs beneath a brightly coloured parasol on a beach.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
I fingered striped suspenders and stiff new overalls, peeked in the pickle barrel, and examined jars of peppermint sticks and jawbreakers.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
We bought a bunch of road rental companies — all those orange barricades and cones and striping you see on the roads.
From MarketWatch ● May 6, 2026
If the lane striping isn’t perfect, though, the lane-keeping assist sometimes disables itself, so I don’t rely on it completely.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 20, 2025
Knitters can opt for smaller patterns that require less yarn, or use up leftover yarn through designs that allow for different yarns to be cobbled together, such as striping.
From Slate ● Sep. 2, 2025
A $4.2-million Caltrans contract approved by the state in December will allow the agency to establish speed feedback signs and speed limit markings on pavement, replace safety corridor signs and enhance striping on curves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2024
Karl stood with his face to the charred building, soot striping it like war paint.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
