They earned their stripes in Kuwait.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Noun : the stripes of a zebra. ,She earned her stripes as a traveling sales representative and then moved up to district manager. ,a stripe of beach. ,a man of quite a different stripe.    From Dictionary.com. 

Noun : a credit card with a magnetic strip to prevent counterfeiting.    From Dictionary.com. 

I've learned to appreciate the idea of peeling asparagus, some times in 'stripes'.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lemon Lovers' Roasted Asparagus ♥ | A Veggie Venture] Reference

Powell, in stripes and handcuffed, being arraigned?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Some Political Notes] Reference

The men in stripes worked a shorter day than I at my machine.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter VII] Reference

I get annoyed anytime the stars and stripes is displayed wrong.    From Wordnik.com.  [Waldo Jaquith - Kicking a man while he’s down.] Reference

I like all of them, don't get me wrong, but the stripes is particularly funky.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-09-01] Reference

My stars and my stripes are your dream and your labors.    From Wordnik.com.  [America First Patriotic Readings] Reference

And he knew these zebra stripes were a definite signal.    From Wordnik.com.  [Juno, Where Citizen Soldiers From Canada Made History] Reference

"In prisons above measures, in stripes more abundantly" (English.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference

I don’t think terrorism of all stripes is ever going to go away.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » American Public Prepared to Support Israel in Endless War With Arabs] Reference

The NZL away kit was teal blue with dark blue trim and pin stripes.    From Wordnik.com.  [World Cup 1982, New Zealand team shirt and uniform] Reference

Federation chairman Chuck Smith says the stripes are a safety hazard.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bicyclists balk at Ohio 'rumble stripes' plan] Reference

He also has some seed, | the stripes, that is sold | for human consumption.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Fond du Lac Reporter Latest Headlines] Reference

The signs denounced the phenomenon of looseness and one of them read, “Murderers in stripes.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [the taliban of meah shearim] Reference

The dark haired one seems to have the 'stripes', too.    From Wordnik.com.  [‘Avatar’ Inspires Fans To Do Crazy Things » MTV Movies Blog] Reference

And the "stripes" are more gold-colored than brown/black.    From Wordnik.com.  [I Wish This Were Endangered - A Dress A Day] Reference

Our pants never had those kind of stripes, Yount explained.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Notebook: Trio have best eye for talent] Reference

Terminator’s John Connor should have painted his house in stripes.    From Wordnik.com.  [What Are Your Chances of Surviving a Nightmare Movie Scenario? | Disinformation] Reference

And let's see, let's look at you, what kind of stripes and dots and plaid are you wearing today?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 18, 2007] Reference

If I were to make a dress of a fabric like this, I would ensure that the "stripes" were vertical.    From Wordnik.com.  [But Can I Measure Up? - A Dress A Day] Reference

It had been painted with black stripes, meaning that its dedicated purpose was use against shadows.    From Wordnik.com.  [Water Sleeps]

Saturday Photo Hunt's topic for today is .... "stripes".    From Wordnik.com.  [Mélange] Reference

Like the kind of stripes she'll get behind jail cell bars!.    From Wordnik.com.  [X17 Online] Reference

I think making them in patterns, such as stripes would be great.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

The metrocard is broken into three "stripes" on the magnetic strip.    From Wordnik.com.  [SUBWAYblogger.com] Reference

Had to join the thread, as I experienced my first 'stripes' this morning.    From Wordnik.com.  [Discussions: Message List - root] Reference

Though 2011 will only be its fourth iteration, MONUMENTA has already earned its "stripes".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference

They come in a number of interesting shapes and patterns such as stripes, dots and the like.    From Wordnik.com.  [EzineArticles] Reference

Maybe not as many "stripes" because he killed the wrong person (that's probably the mistake).    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Size him up for pin stripes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cheney: Investigating CIA interrogations a political move] Reference

Maybe black and white, as in stripes.    From Wordnik.com.  [10/20/2005] Reference

I like to use it as an accent in stripes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hooping.org | Blog | Making Glow In The Dark Hoops On a Shoestring] Reference

"stripes," which are the well-known characteristics of the zebra.    From Wordnik.com.  [Popular Adventure Tales] Reference

Banner, "which the bartender described as a song having" stripes "in it.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Attempted Assassination of ex-President Theodore Roosevelt] Reference

China's post-Mao leadership has been dominated by engineers of varying stripes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Right Brain] Reference