as in hides
to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible
was cowhiding the horse until a police officer intervened
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Verb
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Many shoppers assume the shine hides spoilage or adds chemicals.—
Olivia McIntosh,
Martha Stewart,
21 Feb. 2026 -
There’s Manny, Zitzs and EZ, who has a way with the girls; Izzy, an abused boy who hides his family’s secrets, and Gloria, as good at sports as the boys and so fierce nobody teases her little sister about her stutter.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
15 Feb. 2026
Verb
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When a dog repeatedly wags and whips its tail against hard surfaces, the tip can split open, bruise or break.—
Miriam Fauzia,
Dallas Morning News,
21 Jan. 2026
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Benbrook whips Diamond Hill-Jarvis Benbrook stayed on pace for a playoff berth in District 8-4A as the Lady Bobcats thumped Fort Worth Diamond Hill-Jarvis 55-7.—
Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Congress slashes taxes, writes stimulus checks, and fattens unemployment-insurance payouts.—
Annie Lowrey,
The Atlantic,
18 Feb. 2026
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The old formula not only fails to reflect how much Argentine households spend on present-day staples like Netflix subscriptions and iPhones, experts say, but also underrepresents the costs of public services like health care and electricity that have skyrocketed as Milei slashes subsidies.—
Isabel Debre,
Fortune,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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There’s a full divider panel, multiple pockets for smaller essentials, and elastic cross straps that keep everything compressed and in place.—
Chaise Sanders,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Feb. 2026
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In the footage and images released by the FBI, the suspect appears to have a gun holstered near the center of his waist – an unusual position – and is seen wearing a backpack with reflective straps.—
Chelsea Bailey,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The land, which is home to herds of pronghorn antelope, mountain lions, wolves, mule deer and groves of aspen trees, was originally planned for geothermal development when Santa Clara city leaders bought it nearly 50 years ago.—
Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2026
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Trees and bucks cover eco-friendly cork wallpaper that ties to an antelope statue to signal the travels of Edgar Perry while Lutie’s (his wife) room is its opposite with light salmon shades contrasting wild leopard carpet and soft velvets.—
Mandy Ellis,
Condé Nast Traveler,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The National Weather Service warns residents of the negative effect of frost and freeze conditions on crops and other sensitive vegetation.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
Updated February 20,
Sacbee.com,
21 Feb. 2026
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Not surprisingly, places where crops are grown tend to have good sunlight.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA Today,
21 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Only Ralph could make tweed, velvet, fur pelts and suiting sexy and recognizable and stylishly sumptuous.—
Anika Reed,
USA Today,
18 Feb. 2026
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But humans have been lethal to stoats in return, especially when their pelts turn white.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The hotel is surrounded by extensive black pine forests and wildlife sightings like Eurasian brown bears, wolves, and Balkan chamois are all possible.—
Chadner Navarro,
Vogue,
30 Oct. 2025
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The heels are lined with chamois leather and the toes with linen; the soles are pigskin.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Cowhides.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cowhides. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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