leather
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Cameron says pumpkin-picking has also grown into a major social media success, with young Scots flocking to the Cupar field "all decked out in white hats and leather boots" to take photos.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
The old leather place on Eighth Avenue in Chelsea was dark in the way that mattered, a judgment-free room where the only thing anyone asked of you was that you be yourself.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026
The fashion and leather goods division, excluding Gucci, saw retail sales rise by two percent driven by growth at Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta and Brioni.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
The desert's exceptionally arid conditions have helped preserve materials that would normally deteriorate over time, including hair, bones, clothing, leather, pigments, and decorated pottery.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
“They were locked in,” Callaway said as he began pulling leather shoes off the rack and holding them out for us to try on.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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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
She has no plans to hang up her leathers though.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 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
Thome strode toward him, crisp black leathers whis-pering faintly as he moved.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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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
Sun and wind had leathered his broad face, burnt it dark and grained it with fine lines.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
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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
To receive this commission, he had been summoned from the drawing-room, whose floor he was engaged in leathering to the requisite degree of lustre.
From Anthony Lyveden by Dornford Yates
Builders who have not mastered the art of so curving their reed tongues that buzz and rattle are impossible have endeavored to obtain smoothness of tone by leathering the face of the eschallot.
From The Recent Revolution in Organ Building Being an Account of Modern Developments by George Laing Miller
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