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Which of these would most likely sport a stud?

stud

[stuhd] / stʌd /
NOUN
studding
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NOUN
post
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“Aaron is a stud, and he’s been at the forefront of setting the foundation of everything that we’re about here,” said McVay, who is in his 10th season as Rams coach.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

And in February, as snow melted around the “No Industrial Solar” signs that stud the long country roads, a circuit court judge ruled that St. Clair County’s health regulation is “invalid, null, and void.”

From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2026

"The footprints of craftworking buildings were found along with evidence for different stages of production, including the creation of vellum, pigments for the pages and glass stud mounts for the cover and bindings," she said.

From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2026

If you get a stud in your navel or a little tattoo on your ankle, you aren’t likely to look back later and kick yourself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026

The silver stud she normally wore in her eyebrow had been replaced with a silver hoop.

From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben

And we knew we would need to tackle a few things: stripping garish wallpaper, repainting, taking the one full bath down to the studs.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

At the time, Mourinho pleaded with the referee for a red card to be shown to the Argentina international for dangerous foul play, because replays showed Romero made contact with his studs on Bellingham's knee.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

The internet as we knew it might have been torn down to the studs by Silicon Valley bigwigs looking to sell the wiring for scrap, but the bones are still good.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026

Rehearsing the self with the Los Angeles Ballet Talking lace, leather and hardware with Bryan Hearns Wearing all the studs and spikes despite the hassle Going backstage with the Dior accessories shaped by L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

Grandma’s earrings of the day were blue, yellow, and black-and-white feathers hanging down from gold studs.

From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks

It was dark and deeply moist, a little earthy without tasting particularly of vegetables, and studded throughout with hunks of chocolate.

From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026

Maybe the only way to justify a magnetic attraction to wanting my bags, shoes and belts to be studded, spiky, pierced and heavy is by connecting the dots.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

I collected these studded belts, slung them slipshod over whatever was in style at the time that I’ve blocked from my memory, and it felt like a biological necessity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

Under a chaotic canopy woven with vines and studded with fearsome spiked stems, the group crossed streams, waded through mud and picked off dozens of leeches.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

In the dusk its headstall flickered and flashed, as if it were studded with gems like living stars.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

And at a shady tent, a group of teenagers blared pop songs, looped together friendship bracelets and did one another’s makeup, blending rainbow eye shadow and studding sequins along their foreheads.

From New York Times ● Jun. 24, 2023

Scientists expect more genetic changes that affect parts of the spike protein studding the surface of the virus, letting it attach to human cells.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 6, 2022

But Ferreira found that people who carry a specific variant of the ACE2 gene have about 39 percent fewer receptors for the protein studding their cellular surfaces.

From Scientific American ● May 18, 2022

This fantasy's purpose wasn't to make these fetes more desirable by studding them with stars, but to accurately suss out the source of a performer's charisma.

From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2022

There were fully twenty-five seeds studding the top of it each as large as the end of his thumb.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw


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