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Recent Examples of bead
Noun
The look, curated by stylist Rhonda Spies, featured a base black velvet fabric with an ornate curation of sequin and beaded embellishments that created a bursting star pattern.—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 17 Sep. 2025 As the spice levels rise, sweat starts to bead, faces flush, and answers descend into incoherent yelps.—Diana Hubbell, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
While somewhat off-putting in concept, the delicate beads of hair reflect the time and care that was poured into the piece by Hatoum.—Sophia Arndt, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025 These modified beads were far better at avoiding immune responses compared to untreated nanoplastics.—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bead
Then Domokos and the chief engineer of the model spotted a glob of stray glue clinging to one of its vertices.
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Elise Cutts,
Wired News,
10 Aug. 2025
Drink options include the Green Dread – a bright green gin concoction served from a beaker – and the Bloodsucker, a rum and blackberry liqueur drink served with a dollop of dark red jello meant to look like a glob of blood.
Water simply pearled on the surface without penetrating the membrane, and even the shoes’ exterior dried pretty quickly once the clouds parted and the sun came out.
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Asia London Palomba,
Travel + Leisure,
3 July 2025
Condensation began to pearl at the edges of his rental face mask, an older model that pressed uncomfortably against his temples.
The droplets had plenty of time to collect, as Guerrero stood on base in the bottom of the first inning.
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Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
The secondary rainbow is caused by a second reflection inside the droplet, and this ‘re-reflected’ light exits the drop at a different angle—50 degrees instead of 42 degrees for the red primary bow.
The cold air is the same, and the snow pellets my cap, sifts under my collar.
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Jonny Diamond,
Literary Hub,
27 May 2025
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.
But experts have warned that a more holistic approach is needed over the long term that would allow a steady drip of services rather than responding when symptoms become so severe that law enforcement must get involved.
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Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Oct. 2025
The evolution of the airport lounge A decade ago, lounges were quiet corners of airports where business travelers could nurse a drip coffee and catch up on emails.
The pillows are also resistant to shifting and lumping, so the filling will remain evenly balanced, providing a reliably cozy place to rest your head every night.
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Melody Kazel,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
Together all three flavors are lumped into a broad category called active galactic nuclei, or AGN for short.
Oversize black aviator sunglasses and citrine drop earrings were the perfect finishing touches.
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Kelsey Stewart,
Footwear News,
23 Oct. 2025
These lightweight, waterproof shoes feature plush cushioning and a 12mm heel-to-toe drop to absorb impact during heel strikes.
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Nora Colomer
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FOXNews.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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.
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CBS News,
CBS News,
1 Jan. 2023
But with those four, Grande was able to establish her credibility in the fragrance sphere early in her music career.
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