leather
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The second of these episodes includes the bonus cameo of Chris Farley, trying on a leather jacket several sizes too small for him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
At Monday's brief hearing, the pair each wore black leather jackets with jeans and stood quietly holding hands behind their lawyers.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 2026
Lind Furniture has been in business for almost 60 years in the Canadian province of Ontario, selling leather furniture to big store clients like Sears and Costco over the years.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
Walmart’s new Scenario brand is launching with hundreds of items, including blouses with embroidered sleeves, pintuck denim shirts and faux leather bags.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
The first thing I did when we got home was to tie a leather rope across the room under the ceiling.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
But some analysts believe that her fashion - leathers, furs, and a "rooster" hairstyle - are also signs that she is being groomed to lead the country.
From BBC ● May 5, 2026
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
It would call attention on anyone but even more so on May, who pairs it with Rick Owens shoulders, pink leathers, fur hats and full camo fits.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2024
A: Bottega Veneta uses incredible leathers, and I’ve done three or four videos on their beautiful products.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 6, 2024
He fumbled around his leathers and then turned to me.
From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King
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
The audience, leathered and pierced, was there for the headliner; the night I went, Flash couldn't quite get his sync quite right, people got impatient and basically booed their glittered top hat bling offstage.
From New York Times ● Aug. 26, 2016
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
The material of which the clypeus was composed was wood covered with a bull's skin that had been so thoroughly tanned as to afford safety against the severest leathering.
From The Comic History of Rome by Gilbert Abbott ? Becket
England is my dwellin’ place—leastwise, when I arn’t off France and Spain, or in the ’Terranium leathering the French.
From The Powder Monkey by Ambrose Dudley
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