strings
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Booths were adorned with strings of dried red peppers -- the raw ingredient used to make paprika -- recalling a sight once common on houses in the surrounding countryside every autumn.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
But a yes could come with some strings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Instead of the smooth, narrow tubes commonly drawn extending from nerve cells, some axons resemble strings of tiny pearls.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
"I made too many errors when I had the ball there on my strings."
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
“My family pulled some strings to get special permission. After Dylan, it’s really the least we could do.”
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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