leather
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With his signature leather jackets and a tendency to wax on about a “new industrial revolution,” Huang has captured the limelight.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026
One photo from an industry party in 2024, posted on LinkedIn, appears to show the leather jacket-clad Nvidia boss sitting next to a long-haired woman in glitzy jewellery believed to be Alice Huang.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026
He has credited Lori and Madison for making black leather jackets his signature style.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026
Shot by photographer Annie Leibovitz, the photos are largely colorless and show Pugh posing in and on the car in a black leather jumpsuit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Jonah looks down at his brown leather shoes.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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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
Level up with more involved recipes like flavored jerkies or fruit leathers.
From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2023
Darker fabrics, sumptuous leathers and rich woods come together to embrace the lodge aesthetic and envelope the space with warmth and character.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 7, 2023
Sansa had put on a lovely pale green damask gown and a look of remorse, but her sister was still wearing the ratty leathers and roughspun she'd worn at breakfast.
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
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
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
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
But then you see as his short-windedness would be agen us, and it wouldn’t do to be allus drowning the high parts with so much leathering.
From Original Penny Readings A Series of Short Sketches by George Manville Fenn
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