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Recent Examples of bead
Sara Moniuszko, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2025
Some of the beads were fragmented, and 17 of them were reddish in color and looked more like stones, researchers said.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2025
Tammy Ljungblad, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
Included are offbeat, rickety sculptures from Sebastian Bruno-Harris, fringed and beaded textile landscapes by Chelsea Bighorn, unrecognizable flying objects courtesy Hai-Wen Lin, and many other surprises.
—Lori Waxman, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
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Noun
In 2023, 10-month-old child died after swallowing water beads.
—Sara Moniuszko, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2025
Some of the beads were fragmented, and 17 of them were reddish in color and looked more like stones, researchers said.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2025
Verb
Sequined and beaded purse straps, also designed locally, are available in a variety of team motifs.
—Tammy Ljungblad, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
Included are offbeat, rickety sculptures from Sebastian Bruno-Harris, fringed and beaded textile landscapes by Chelsea Bighorn, unrecognizable flying objects courtesy Hai-Wen Lin, and many other surprises.
—Lori Waxman, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025
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Meanwhile, two members of the Oilers’ ice crew had to come onto the ice to pick up the rest of the chips and scrape the globs of cheese off the ice.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
22 Jan. 2025
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Depp pushes over a cabinet with dishes, rips open her dress and makes a most unholy noise as her eyeballs go up in their sockets, tongue juts out and globs of drool pour from her mouth.—
Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY,
24 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Condensation began to pearl at the edges of his rental face mask, an older model that pressed uncomfortably against his temples.—
Elliot Ackerman,
WIRED,
9 Feb. 2024
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Since bead materials can run the gamut—from glass to pearl to wood and beyond—Korn notes that some bead styles are inherently more casual than others.—
Aemilia Madden,
Harper's BAZAAR,
24 July 2023
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The disease can be inhaled via droplets in the air, or by touching infected surfaces, then the eyes, nose, or mouth.—
Melissa Willets,
Parents,
6 Feb. 2025
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But the virus can also be spread through breathing in contaminated repository droplets.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
24 Jan. 2025
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The technique has produced delicious, consistent results from campsites in Big Sur, California, and Baja, Mexico—and in everything from frying oil to pellet grills to standard home ovens.—
Wes Siler,
Outside Online,
25 Nov. 2024
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Extremely high temperatures inside the reactor in those first few days are believed to have melted parts of the zirconium alloy fuel rods and some of the uranium pellets themselves.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
16 Mar. 2011
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Your vape could match your drip or even change colors depending on your mood.—
Matt Rozo,
The Mercury News,
7 Feb. 2025
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Liquids pour from the pan without drips or clinging to the edge.—
Wilder Davies,
Bon Appétit,
6 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Some lumped together threats of mass violence with a number of other disciplinary offenses, inflating the numbers.—
Aliyya Swaby,
ProPublica,
28 Jan. 2025
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Yet while some saw it as preferable to the old system, the term Hispanic still lumped together very different populations.—
Jane Hong / Made by History,
TIME,
24 Jan. 2025
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But on the third drop, the steel plates of what looked like a submarine flashed into view.—
Sean Kingsley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 Feb. 2025
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Some states have experienced drops at the pumps, while in others, the cost of gas has increased.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
18 Feb. 2025
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The night culminated with a countdown as a glowing geodesic sphere 12 feet in diameter and weighing almost six tons descended from its lofty perch atop One Times Square.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
1 Jan. 2023
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And young people are innovating outside that sphere as well, including Southern-gothic singer-songwriter Ethel Cain and art-rockers Geese.—
Vulture,
Vulture,
6 June 2022
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“Bead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bead. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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