leather
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Dressed in a gray T-shirt, dark collared shirt and leather pants, RM’s hair is a light burnt sienna color matching the fur of the stylized tiger on the screen behind him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
Louis Vuitton, whose canvas bags powered decades of growth, launched the Capucines in 2013, a structured leather handbag named after Paris street where Louis Vuitton opened his first store.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Trotter also continued to play with woven leather, a speciality of the Italian house, on a trench coat for men and on tall boots for women.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
The post also featured Dordick dressed like the Terminator, with the signature shades and leather jacket.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Her leather jacket and riding goggles are gone.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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"You're almost on something with the equivalent speed of a motorised vehicle, but not wearing a motorbike helmet," Burns says, noting that motorbike riders typically wear other protective gear such as leathers and gloves.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 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
Level up with more involved recipes like flavored jerkies or fruit leathers.
From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2023
The oars were long and there were no leathers to keep them from slipping out.
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
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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
He dragged his studs over the ball to take it away from Jake Cooper, turned in one smooth movement and leathered it into the roof of the net.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 10, 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 woman laughed, shook out her hair and waved a leathered hand in the air.
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
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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
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
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