Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cat-o'-nine-tails
Noun
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Five straps of differing widths hold the foot in place as the shoe’s upper balance on top of a six-inch heel.—
Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
5 Nov. 2025 -
For suitcases, this may include dual main compartments with zippered mesh closures and compression straps, a pocketed divider, removable laundry or shoe bags, and interior zippered pockets of various sizes to keep your smallest essentials in order.—
Sophie Dodd,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Nov. 2025
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Pakko acknowledged the challenges row-crop farmers are facing and how that contributed to his predictions for the overall Arkansas economy.—
Sydney Sasser,
Arkansas Online,
7 Nov. 2025
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The crops will be sold at a local market and to future restaurants.—
Khadejeh Nikouyeh,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Nov. 2025
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Despite its name, river birch trees perform well in drier soils and are drought tolerant once established.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
9 Nov. 2025
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Mixed oak woods, pine and birch, upland rowan.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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In areas that once boasted generations of oak and hickory trees, beech and maple now make up large portions of the midstory.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
29 Oct. 2025
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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
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Made from weather-resistant rattan, this set can stand up to most weather.—
Christopher Murray
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FOXNews.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Bread baskets and faux bamboo flatware also complement rattan.—
Monika Biegler Eyers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 July 2025
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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
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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
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Reservations cost $95 for a two-hour visit, which includes a shot, two drinks, Dole whip and immersive character interactions.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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Garcia has represented Illinois’s 4th Congressional District since 2019 and serves as deputy whip of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.—
Jared Gans,
The Hill,
4 Nov. 2025
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Engineered with innovative construction techniques, each curve of the shoe flows in plush cowhide suede, rising just above the ankle in a continuous fluid form.—
Stephen Garner,
Footwear News,
21 Oct. 2025
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Just as cowhide leather exploded in usage only after the advent of chrome-tanning in the 1980s because of the performance improvement that technology gave it, mycelium has needed this sort of breakthrough that Rei-Tan provides to turn it from an interesting raw material into a great product.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
17 Oct. 2025
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