leather
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He wore a leather vest with a Russian tricolor, participated in the groups’ publicity stunts and met another boxing aficionado, Alexei Rubezhnoy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Suit trousers were paired with a leather jacket, a boater hat and ballet slippers.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
The physics of enormous men throwing themselves at each other over a leather ball.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
A little while ago, he bought a leather shearling Double RL coat for the express purpose of wearing it in Switzerland a half-century from now.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
He wore a helmet with goggles pushed up and leather leggings.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
Designer Maria Grazia Chiuri marked her return to Fendi at Milan Fashion Week on Wednesday, presenting a sensual and lightweight collection featuring "remodelled" furs and leathers crafted like lace.
From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026
Instead it was Southgate, clean-cut and fresh-faced, who stared out at the black leathers and bright hair and, speaking into the microphone, welcomed John Lydon and the band to the stage.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2024
So leathers, more tailored silhouettes, minimalism with function — it’s come together into this idea of “cyber prep.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2024
Level up with more involved recipes like flavored jerkies or fruit leathers.
From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2023
Her dark hair was cropped short and straight around her head, and she wore riding leathers and a light shirt of silvered ringmail.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
And while a leathered look is great for handbags, it’s not so great for faces.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 4, 2021
One tall, young and beautiful, one short and a little bit older, leathered up and toughened up.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 3, 2021
His: leathered and intimidating, as if he were staring down a predator he intends to harpoon.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 1, 2019
On first sight, Ms. Kidman looks close to unrecognizable, her face carefully mottled and leathered, and her eyes ringed in a red hue you could call Permanent Hangover.
From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 2018
The woman laughed, shook out her hair and waved a leathered hand in the air.
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
We know he practised at Flushing Meadows on Tuesday after his opening win – seemingly testing out his playing arm by leathering some forehands - and also hit on Wednesday morning.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2025
Angela Merkel takes a particularly personal beating, with the front page of Libero featuring a picture of Mario Balotelli leathering a ball featuring the superimposed face of the German chancellor.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 29, 2012
An eye-catching rally ensues on the first of those match points, with both men leathering groundstokes from the baseline and feathering drop shots at the net.
From BBC ● Jan. 21, 2010
But then you see as his short-windedness would be agen us, and it wouldn’t do to be allus drowning the high parts with so much leathering.
From Original Penny Readings A Series of Short Sketches by George Manville Fenn
You're one of the kindest decentest chaps in the world, and yet you go leathering poor Tom Murray.
From A Dominie in Doubt by Alexander Sutherland Neill
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