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"We Turkmen are known for our carpets and horses," he told AFP at his stud farm not far from the capital.

From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026

“They were in a stretch right there where every single day, they were getting a stud hurt. They put together a winning streak against the Tigers, then Clay Holmes has the comebacker break his ankle.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 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

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

She wears two earrings in each ear, one a golden circle and one a diamond stud.

From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy

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

Video showed Quansah’s studs colliding with Gallardo’s calf and the referee issued Quansah a red card that delighted the crowd as England’s lineup was reduced to 10 men.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026

In a group play match against Algeria, Lionel Messi, the Argentine superstar, seemed to rake his studs along Aïssa Mandi’s right calf and ankle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026

He chose a satin tunic striped black and gold and a fine leather jerkin with silver studs . . . and only then remembered that his wretched sister put more stock in blades than beauty.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

One Swiss visitor recorded Elizabeth as “most lavishly attired in a gown of pure white satin, gold-embroidered, with a whole bird of paradise for panache, set forward on her head studded with costly jewels.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

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

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

It was no surprise to Rowan that it was painted royal blue and studded with glistening stars.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

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 generated a startling result: The spike proteins studding SARS-CoV-2 bound more tightly to their human cell receptor, a protein called ACE2, than target receptors on any other species evaluated.

From Salon ● Mar. 21, 2021

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