bullwhip

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Recent Examples of bullwhip The item expected to go for the third-highest sum is Indiana Jones’ eight-foot bullwhip, belt, and whip holster used by Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Simon Thompson, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025 The bullwhip and belt used by Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade are also part of the tour and sale, where they are expected to fetch between $250,000 and $500,000. Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 July 2025 The first is a bullwhip wielded by Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade — the last movie in the original film trilogy released in 1989 — which sold for $525,000 through Heritage Auctions as part of its Summer Entertainment Auction, which runs through Friday, July 18. Staff Author, People.com, 18 July 2025 Among the other items sold during the auction included Indiana Jones’ bullwhip and belt that Harrison Ford used in Steven Spielberg’s Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, with the pair selling for $475,650. Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for bullwhip
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Noun
  • Two additional straps wrapped around her ankles, along with a buckle to secure the shoes.
    Kelsey Stewart, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The strap is similar to the Meta Quest Elite strap, which is available as an option with Meta’s VR headsets.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The sedate throwing of flowers erupted into a fistfight, a ministampede and people lashed with whips and riding quirts.
    John MacCormack, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Apr. 2018
Noun
  • That can mean using it as a whip.
    Jennifer Maas, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The junior went 7-for-8 in the opening quarter, threading tight windows and ending the Tide’s opening drive with a whip-route touchdown to Horton — the Miami transfer — who won in man coverage.
    Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Made from weather-resistant rattan, this set can stand up to most weather.
    Christopher Murray may earn a commission if you buy through our referral links. This content was created by a team that works independently from the Fox newsroom., FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Bread baskets and faux bamboo flatware also complement rattan.
    Monika Biegler Eyers, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 July 2025
Noun
  • The easiest way to do this is to assess whether your kitchen cabinets are warm (with red, yellow, or orange undertones), like cherry, oak, hickory, and pine; or cool (with gray undertones), like white oak, ash, maple, or birch cabinetry.
    Monika Biegler Eyers, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Oct. 2025
  • There are many wood chip flavors on the market, but the most popular varieties are apple, cherry, hickory, mesquite and pecan.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Pictures of Piper the dog, who last year went through an awful health scare after having a rawhide treat.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 July 2025
  • Chinese laborers, rare for that time, made rawhide bags on site to take the limestone and dump it into iron buckets on an aerial tramway, according to Meniketti’s report.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 6 July 2025
Noun
  • More environmentally sustainable coffee-growing methods exist, such as using shade trees to shield some plants from the sun, and diversifying crops.
    NPR, NPR, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Across these areas, the NWS warned of widespread subfreezing temperatures that could kill crops and other sensitive outdoor vegetation.
    Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Looking through sketchbooks of Kaish’s time at MacDowell, Fisher found many drawings of the flowers and birch trees that would have surrounded her.
    Grace Edquist, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The display features a larger-than-life horse sculpture trotting through birch trees created from piano keys.
    Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025

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“Bullwhip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bullwhip. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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