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Recent Examples of leatheryThose bones also needed to be strong, though, to support the load of the tough, leathery wing membranes.—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 11 Feb. 2025 Beach vitex has small, round leaves and a smooth, leathery texture.—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Feb. 2025 But since the skin is quite leathery and not as tearable as a banana peel, this is one occasion in which proper tools make the task much quicker and easier.—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Jan. 2025 Again came her measured footsteps, and with them Dev’s first encounter with the impossible, leathery taste of whiskey.—Kanak Kapur, The New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for leathery
Morton, 43, may take that advice under serious consideration, mentioning how tough the fans – and even fellow cast members – have been on her following this past season’s cast trip to Grenada.
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John Lawson,
Essence,
9 July 2025
But after rookie third baseman Ronny Mauricio made an exceptionally tough double play to end a two-on, one-out threat in the bottom of the eighth, there was no way the Mets were losing.
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Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
9 July 2025
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