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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cat-o'-nine-tails
Noun
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Her tea-length tulle black dress, dating back to the 1950s, featured velvet straps.—
Hannah Malach,
WWD,
16 Feb. 2025 -
Like mouth tape, chin straps have not been proven to aid any specific health conditions.—
Greta Cross,
USA TODAY,
13 Feb. 2025
Noun
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My patch is where a birch tree lived for almost 100 years.—
Joshua Siskin,
Orange County Register,
1 Feb. 2025
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Once this perfume settles, its fruitiness dissipates almost entirely and leaves behind a warm, spicy trail made of its base notes, birch woods and papyrus.—
Jennifer Hussein,
Allure,
15 Jan. 2025
Noun
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These are characterized by temperate deciduous forest species such as tulip trees, oaks, and hickories.—
Erica Zazo,
Outside Online,
9 Jan. 2025
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Hemlock dominates the slopes of the Twenty Mile Creek valley, accompanied by hickories, red oak, black walnut, black maple, dogwood, red elder and mountain maple.—
Gary Stoller,
Forbes,
31 Dec. 2024
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Those disparate pieces, while helpful in informing a farmer’s game plan each season for a single field, have historically lacked a crucial through line to stitch together a bigger picture of how our crops are performing in real time.—
Ali Bouzari,
Bon Appétit,
13 Feb. 2025
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The new technique could help crops adapt to climate change.—
Julian Nowogrodzki,
Scientific American,
13 Feb. 2025
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The design of the Kasa Little Italy rooms is very minimalist, featuring a color palette of neutral tones and organic materials like wood and rattan.—
Lori Weisberg,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Jan. 2025
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Add a few high-quality furniture pieces with organic rounded shapes or crafted from solid wood in natural finishes accented with woven rattan.—
Wendy Vazquez,
Southern Living,
17 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Memorable improvisations include an Apache deck from the 19th century, with sword, bell and button forms painted into rectangles of rawhide, and a deck of Paris metro tickets painted over by Alexis Poliakoff in the 1970s.—
Walker Mimms,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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During a ceremony, State Attorney General Ashley Moody presented the canine cop with an edible rawhide along with two certificates of recognition — one for her and one for her handler.—
Orlando Sentinel Staff,
Orlando Sentinel,
16 Jan. 2025
Noun
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An election year has combined with higher interest rates and the bullwhip effect to create softness in demand and a lack of general consumer confidence.—
Joel Scutchfield,
Forbes,
7 Jan. 2025
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Of course, there’s also Indy’s iconic bullwhip, which can be cracked to stun enemies and force them to drop weapons.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
10 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Reimagining the Louis Vuitton shopping bag as a versatile carryall, the design transforms an everyday item into a luxury piece using premium cowhide leather.—
Essence,
Essence,
31 Jan. 2025
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Snakeskin boots at Valentino are just the start—we’ve been seeing plenty of zebra-print bags and cowhide belts in the wild, and all of our favorite brands are getting in on the fun, too.—
Jake Henry Smith,
Glamour,
17 Jan. 2025
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