skin
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France "has no skin colour or religion", said French Socialist party leader Olivier Faure on X.
From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026
Stenberg said that she considers her skin tone when navigating her career choices and would “never go after a role” she didn’t feel well suited for.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
According to the NHS, external, it is spread through close skin contact and anyone can get it.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Elderly immigrants showed off injuries they claimed were caused by the noxious air: strange blotches on their skin, temples rubbed raw due to watery eyes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
She had dark, almost-black hair and her skin was sort of creamy white.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
After living inside these characters’ skins for so many years, what’s it like to be done playing them?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
The skins contain natural oils, and garments not kept in a temperature-controlled environment -- ideally off-season in cold vaults -- can dry out and disintegrate.
From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026
One prominent enthusiast had 40,000 skins, almost certainly preserved with arsenic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
Johnson won five Six Nations titles as a player but only two Grand Slams, so knows that potential banana skins lie ahead for Les Bleus.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2026
Sandy keeps up his fishing and picking berries, and even sets up a snare for a rabbit, which he catches and skins and cooks like it’s nothing.
From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender
With the help of neighbors, he skinned it, securing enough meat for the entire settlement for several days.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 9, 2026
It was her husband returning from the day's hunt, a large plastic bag in hand containing a skinned seal.
From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 2026
A post-mortem of the giraffe - during which the carcass was skinned, cut up and then fed to the lions - was broadcast live online.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2025
With his front teeth, he skinned the stalk and ate it like a carrot.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2013
She had both hands on her hair, pulling it back from her face like a skinned rabbit and fanning her neck in the back.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
I don’t actually know what a Nappa is, but clearly Genesis is skinning the good kind.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
Recurring themes are everywhere - Daizen Maeda skinning James Tavernier, Kyogo Furuhashi outfoxing Rangers defenders at one end and Cameron Carter-Vickers bringing authority at the other.
From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2024
That suggests use as a trophy or lion-skin rug, rather than a simple byproduct of skinning the animal for food.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 11, 2023
She’s worked for three years to perfect her skinning process, and now works with a tanner who treats the skins to her liking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2022
We spent the next day boiling and skinning peaches.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
