bead
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In fairness, getting a bead on a primary in which the candidates keep shifting and many voters remain undecided isn’t easy.
From Slate ● Aug. 12, 2026
BH: The two beaded dresses took over a month because every bead was hand beaded and sewn on.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
He managed to get back two coral bead crowns and a tunic but it was only in 2021 that any significant repatriation of artefacts by Western universities and museums began.
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2026
While investors are trying to get a bead on the Fed, earnings season is rolling on.
From Barron's ● Feb. 3, 2026
He was a part of it, a bead of water observing the sea all around.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
Nearby, a handmade chandelier by artist Helen Stickler, decorated with vintage Swarovski crystals and beads, adds to what Weger describes as her “Candyland vibe.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
In the dining room, vintage Doyle Lane ceramic beads dangle from a Mission-style wooden clock while designer handbags are draped over chairs and hat racks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
In some sense she played a character called “Ma Rainey,” one who stunned with eye-catching beads and her dress and demeanor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
"By contrast, our protein beads remain stable for a long time."
From Science Daily ● Jun. 11, 2026
His warm complexion had blanched to an ashy pallor, beads of sweat gleaming on his brow and cheeks.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
Velvet-coated sculptures of cactuses and otherworldly beaded plants provide some of the much needed levity that the show so hopes to achieve.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Partygoers seemed more enthused about the vendor selling beaded plushie necklaces than about heading to the dance floor.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
This time around, she arrived in a sculptural silver gown from Maison Margiela with an intricately beaded bodice and an Art Deco-style headpiece.
From Barron's ● May 5, 2026
Actress and event co-chair Nicole Kidman donned a red, long-sleeved beaded column gown by Chanel.
From BBC ● May 4, 2026
When he came in, stamping the snow from his boots, and caught Laura up in a bear’s hug against his cold, big coat, his mustache was beaded with little drops of melting frost.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Wednesday's show was no different - with excessive beading, ball gowns and metallic fabrics dominating the catwalk.
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2026
The repetitive nature of weaving and beading and hands-on craftsmanship are important to Gibson.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2025
“Axon morphology in living animals is under constant and dynamic change,” says neuroscientist Tong Wang from ShanghaiTech University, who has studied beading in diseased neurons.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 2, 2024
An exhibition, “Like a Memory of Night,” showed work by Sika Amakye, a young Ghanaian artist who employs traditional beading traditions passed down matrilineally.
From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2024
As her father bent to peer inside the windows, Akira felt sweat beading up on her forehead.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
