beads

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He sold prayer beads, rugs and an array of snacks.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

One trader sifted through pink, green and purple beads that she said would be moulded into e-cigarette casings sold in the Middle East.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

Mitochondrial pearling is a temporary shape change in which mitochondria form a structure that looks like beads on a string.

From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026

It paid homage to a nurse’s steady hands, to a mother’s prayer beads slipping through her fingers, and to a belief that our stories do not end at the point of collapse.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026

For a moment she saw them gliding out of their huts with Aunt Shuvai’s beads twined around their long bodies.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer