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  • a variation of purl.
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pearl

[purl] / pɜrl /
NOUN
gem
Synonyms


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But it was the grit that grew a pearl.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

Neetu, a 28-year-old farmer, said she used the product on her pearl millet crop and cut urea application by about one-third without affecting yields.

From Barron's Jun. 16, 2026

He criticised "pearl clutching and hypocrisy from people who should know better".

From BBC Jun. 8, 2026

Tiny flowers made from minuscule pearl beads dot her deep-red nails.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 4, 2026

I was sitting at one of the tables wearing my customary white lab coat and my baroque pearl necklace when the children were brought in.

From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg

He debuted the offbeat experimental musical in fishnets and pearls in 1973 on the tiny stage upstairs at the Royal Court Theater in London, where it first became an underground sensation.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

Pearl diving has all but disappeared, particularly after the mass production of cultured pearls on farms after World War I. In Gulf countries, the extinction of this profession converges with a familiar story.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

The portrait features an Indian woman in a formal pose, wearing a string of pearls, a large emerald pendant and a nose ring.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

Rather, the book shares lessons she’s taken from years of therapy in the form of well-dressed animals dropping pearls of compassionate wisdom.

From Salon Jun. 27, 2026

Her black hair is tied to a crown festooned with more pearls, appearing like webbing above her head.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

It “may very well be” that this pearled shape is the normal state of axons, he says, but more research is needed to come to a definitive answer.

From Science Magazine Dec. 2, 2024

I got more crystals that I could attach to the pearled bib.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 28, 2023

I used pearled farro for its milder flavor and quicker cook time, but you could use whole-grain farro if you’d like, you’d just need to precook it about halfway before using it here.

From Washington Post Dec. 22, 2022

To start, take pearled farro and simmer it with fresh apple cider, bay leaves and salt in a saucepan.

From Salon Jan. 17, 2022

Like his mother, he was pearled with damp, and he shook his woollen hat over the stove to make the drops jump and spit.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman

Along the warm, brackish waters of the Persian Gulf, drilling rigs now overlook old pearling grounds.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

Fishery inspectors relied on local pearling leaders and divers to fill in cartographic blanks.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

Understanding how mitochondrial pearling works and how it is controlled could provide important insights into diseases linked to mtDNA.

From Science Daily Apr. 13, 2026

"Since Margaret Reed Lewis first sketched mitochondrial pearling in 1915, it has largely been dismissed as an anomaly linked to cellular stress," says Landoni.

From Science Daily Apr. 13, 2026

Commence the second row by pearling two stitches; pass the material over the pin twice; again pearl two stitches, and so proceed to the end.

From The Ladies' Work-Table Book Containing Clear and Practical Instructions in Plain and Fancy Needlework, Embroidery, Knitting, Netting and Crochet by Anonymous




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