leather
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Our critic raved that “Carol Bove is an illusionist. Under her spell, steel is transformed into supple leather, sagging vinyl, crinkled plastic.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
From the passenger's seat, Yegor's wife, settled into the car's leather seats, chimed in.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
Before long the dining room had red leather booths, a seaside mural on the wall, a bar in back and sometimes a wandering accordion player.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
She throws a different leather handbag onto the passenger seat of her car, pulls on a pair of black leather driving gloves, and zooms off.
From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2026
When Mom saw the gift, she said the leather was fake and the color would fade.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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
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
It was mostly men in black leathers, with silver studs and black glossy orbs - helmets - on their head or under their arm.
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
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
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 Becket, Gilbert Abbott ?
Any way, whatever the reason of it was, he had Patsy Flaherty leathering the mare like the devil.
From The Simpkins Plot by Birmingham, George A.
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