pearls
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Seated across from me, in her pearls and charcoal pantsuit, is Neera Tanden—one of the most accomplished political agents in America, and someone to whom I have just posed a deeply offensive question.
From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026
The 30-year-old curator at the Art Gallery of Ontario had been scrutinizing a portrait of a young Black woman bedecked in jewels and wearing a shimmering blue gown with pearls around her neck and wrists.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
Relatively simple mechanical models reproduced important features of the pearls, suggesting that physical forces could help determine the shape without requiring a rigid internal mold.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
Now, two years later, Harry Styles walks onto that same floor in pearls and a feather boa, singing about tenderness and change and wanting.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
The winter I was fifteen, the Van de Kamps invited me to go see the Christmas premiere with them at the Schouwburg, an old playhouse that Mama let me wear her pearls to visit.
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
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