cat-o'-nine-tails

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Noun
  • The 2-in-1 Tote Bag keeps your chaos chic with a snap strap for your laptop, zip pockets for the tiny stuff (pacifiers or lip balm, anyone?), and twin open slots for easy phone grabs mid-diaper change.
    Pooja Shah, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025
  • Jenner stunned in a black Schiaparelli dress with thin straps and black thread embroidery.
    Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2025
Noun
  • An international team of scientists from Australia's Southern Cross University (SCU) and the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) have for the first time recorded the specific ways birch trees in the Costa Bocche forest in the Dolomites use bioelectrical signals to prepare for solar eclipses.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Newly hatched warty birch caterpillars, each about the size of a single pepper grain, live and feed alone on the very tips of leaves.
    Rohini Subrahmanyam, Scientific American, 22 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Puddles offer splash landing-pads to any child in flight; display their dreams through windows into the world above: limbs and last leaves of sumac and hickory, a passing black-capped chickadee, and – down in the far blue – a blouse of cloud.
    contributing Monitor poets, Christian Science Monitor, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Autumn is my favorite season in Cuyahoga Valley, as the oaks, hickories, and maples explode with fall colors.
    Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 13 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The annual presentation spotlights original designs created by a select crop of 2025 graduates from the institution’s Fashion Design BFA program.
    Essence, Essence, 9 May 2025
  • The High Cost Of Inaction The World Bank has warned that deforestation could cause economic losses of $2.7 trillion a year by 2030, undermining carbon storage, crop yields, and ecosystem stability.
    Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
Noun
  • Made from woven plastic rattan, this basket is both stylish, sturdy, and easy to clean.
    Anne Taylor, Travel + Leisure, 23 Apr. 2025
  • The chairs combine an aluminum frame with gorgeous, crisscrossing rattan.
    Nora Taylor, Architectural Digest, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • It was crafted with premium leather craftsmanship, rawhide laces, and stays true to its heritage with premium leather craftsmanship, rawhide laces, and Sperry’s signature Razor-Cut Wave-Siping™ outsole.
    Mecca Pryor, Essence, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Memorable improvisations include an Apache deck from the 19th century, with sword, bell and button forms painted into rectangles of rawhide, and a deck of Paris metro tickets painted over by Alexis Poliakoff in the 1970s.
    Walker Mimms, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The limited supply, despite sustained demand, is likely to trigger a ripple effect of shortages and disruptions, a phenomenon known in supply chain dynamics as the reverse bullwhip effect.
    Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Comments After making an award-winning career out of mostly dramatic roles, Viola Davis is ready to grab her metaphorical bullwhip and fedora and get her Indiana Jones on.
    Jessica Wang, EW.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The collection is known for embracing motorcycle culture and Western fashion, featuring fringe skirts, cowhide power suits and leather chaps.
    Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 21 Apr. 2025
  • The new Longchamp furniture pieces are original designs by Renart done in his signature gravity-defying style: a banquette Wave Cuir (Wave leather bench) and a set of eight Chaise Ruban (Ruban chairs), both crafted from American walnut and upholstered in cowhide leather.
    Kissa Castaneda, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
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