cat-o'-nine-tails

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Noun
  • The straps lock in place and give me that extra assurance that my lunch isn’t going to cause a scene on the subway.
    Jessica Kasparian, SELF, 20 Mar. 2025
  • The matching leather strap is adjustable, making this bag flexible enough for both crossbody and over-the-shoulder wear.
    Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 20 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Ancient Scandinavians chewed birch sap 10,000 years ago and Mayans loved chicle.
    Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 12 Mar. 2025
  • The menu features items utilizing specialized techniques like fermentation, cold extraction and alternative sugars like birch sap and married with tried and true French technique for a classic cuisine with a fresh twist.
    Alissa Fitzgerald, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Located on Lookout Mountain, one of the best times to visit Mentone is during fall when native poplars, dogwoods, maples, and hickories begin to turn, creating a bold patchwork of red, orange, yellow, across the mountainside.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2025
  • These are characterized by temperate deciduous forest species such as tulip trees, oaks, and hickories.
    Erica Zazo, Outside Online, 9 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The reasons are mostly economic — the land that’s needed to grow the cane has become more expensive, and the crop itself has become a money loser for many Caribbean islands.
    Tony Sachs, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Still, with the World Cup just over a year away, Guehi appears the most likely of the available crop to start in that tournament at this stage.
    Steve Madeley, The Athletic, 20 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • This comes in four beautiful shades, inspired by the Italian shoreline, and there’s even a touch of rattan for a beachy bedside table moment.
    Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Woven elements are synthetic rattan that won’t crack and fade like natural fibers, and the chair can hold up to 330 pounds safely.
    Miles Walls, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • It was crafted with premium leather craftsmanship, rawhide laces, and stays true to its heritage with premium leather craftsmanship, rawhide laces, and Sperry’s signature Razor-Cut Wave-Siping™ outsole.
    Mecca Pryor, Essence, 14 Mar. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • For nearly a century, the town had served as a haven for African Americans while many other towns still had sundown laws and operated under the bullwhip of Jim Crow.
    Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Lopez’s ban does not outlaw leather, cowhide or deerskin products.
    Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025
  • The only thing that could concentrate our eyes and minds, in this reverse panopticon of seventy thousand gazes, was the football itself, that precious prolate spheroid of dimpled cowhide, which had yet to be teed up or booted into play.
    Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
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