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Recent Examples of bead
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
Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
For years, families hoping to make cherished memories at the attraction have had to weave around the animal rights protestors stationed on the sidewalk outside, equipped with signs, bullhorns, rosary beads and incense.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2025
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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
In total, the artifacts weigh about 13 pounds and include thousands of silver coins, jewelry, pearls and beads, officials said.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
For years, families hoping to make cherished memories at the attraction have had to weave around the animal rights protestors stationed on the sidewalk outside, equipped with signs, bullhorns, rosary beads and incense.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bead
Noun
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Then Domokos and the chief engineer of the model spotted a glob of stray glue clinging to one of its vertices.—
Elise Cutts,
Wired News,
10 Aug. 2025
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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.—
Bailey Schulz,
USA Today,
5 Aug. 2025
Verb
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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.—
Asia London Palomba,
Travel + Leisure,
3 July 2025
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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
Noun
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It is spread through close contact with an infected person, such as through respiratory droplets from coughing or sneezing.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
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Produced when moonlight is refracted through water droplets, the white or lunar rainbow only appears in full moon conditions when the sky is clear.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The cold air is the same, and the snow pellets my cap, sifts under my collar.—
Jonny Diamond,
Literary Hub,
27 May 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
Noun
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Cut large sheets of parchment paper and place one in front of each chair to serve as craft mats so glitter and glue gun drip can fall there instead of on your favorite tablecloth.—
Lauren Wicks,
Southern Living,
19 Oct. 2025
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Freeland added drip irrigation lines to his pumpkin field by pumping water from his well.—
Asher Redd,
FOXNews.com,
18 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Because often what happens is lumping together the perimenopausal experience doesn’t necessarily let someone tell their individualized story, which may different to other conditions.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
15 Oct. 2025
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But a tax on short-term vacation rentals should not be lumped in with the shameful trash fees and parking charges, which are regressive taxes that hit underprivileged people the hardest.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Oct. 2025
Noun
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New additives like preservatives, flavorings and vitamins were infused into them, and they were packaged in novel ways to withstand hard helicopter drops, wet beach landings and days at the bottom of rucksacks.—
Alice Callahan,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Drag performance, with its abundance of wigs, campy makeup and death drops, is ready-made for Halloween.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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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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But with those four, Grande was able to establish her credibility in the fragrance sphere early in her music career.—
Emily Jensen,
Harper's BAZAAR,
16 Nov. 2022
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“Bead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bead. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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