cat-o'-nine-tails

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Noun
  • Each pair is hand-made in a super sheer, stretch mesh, and elastic side straps, and retails for $32.
    DeMicia Inman, VIBE.com, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The silhouette, which appears to be cut in satin, is similar to classic ankle-strap pumps from the likes of Gianvito Rossi or Saint Laurent.
    Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • There are some Southern trees that never seem to stop dripping sap — pine trees, river birch, maples, and oaks.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • The tree produces edible hickory nuts enclosed in a thick husk.
    Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The newest crop of Euphoria stars all came as surprises — except for one.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Oct. 2025
  • According to the Wells Fargo Agri-Food Institute, cocoa prices have more than doubled since early 2024 thanks to extreme weather conditions which have slashed crop yields in West Africa, which supplies 70% of the world’s cocoa.
    Liz Regalia, Parents, 17 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Experts warn of a bullwhip effect: Today’s surplus can morph into tomorrow’s shortage after capacity cuts, complicating cost curves and undermining learning‑rate benefits critical to long‑term competitiveness against China’s scaled ecosystem.
    Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2025
  • And, in an offering from a more rugged hero, Harrison Ford’s bullwhip, belt, and whip holster (the only complete set to ever be offered at auction) from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is estimated to hammer down for between $250,000 and $500,000.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 22 Aug. 2025
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