cat-o'-nine-tails

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cat-o'-nine-tails
Noun
  • The masks come with two straps that go over your head and neck to keep a tight seal.
    Lisa Wood Shapiro, Wired News, 18 Apr. 2025
  • On Black Friday last year, with the Chiefs and Raiders reserved for a national TV audience, quarterback Patrick Mahomes slammed a football between his hands and angrily unfastened his chin strap before yelling toward the sideline.
    Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Maple bats tend to splinter regularly sending shards like projectiles into the stands, while birch bats are more durable.
    Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 2 Apr. 2025
  • What's next: Richmond's pollen count is medium-high this week with juniper, birch and sycamore being our predominant pollen, per Pollen.com.
    Sabrina Moreno, Axios, 25 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Tennessee is a beautiful state, especially in the fall, when tulip poplars, sugar maples and hickory trees turn bright red, gold and copper, making the drive as joyful as the destination.
    Colleen Creamer, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • At least beyond Cam Ward, there is no consensus on where each of this year’s crop of quarterbacks may get drafted.
    Derrik Klassen, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Pick Three Jennifer Wilson on a new crop of murder mysteries.
    Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The chairs combine an aluminum frame with gorgeous, crisscrossing rattan.
    Nora Taylor, Architectural Digest, 28 Mar. 2025
  • This comes in four beautiful shades, inspired by the Italian shoreline, and there’s even a touch of rattan for a beachy bedside table moment.
    Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 19 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 bleak outlook for container demand marks a bullwhip effect from months of front-loading done ahead of both the East and Gulf Coast port strike to start October and Trump’s return to office in January.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 10 Apr. 2025
  • For nearly a century, the town had served as a haven for African Americans while many other towns still had sundown laws and operated under the bullwhip of Jim Crow.
    Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Barebones Living Classic Leather Work Gloves $22 Food52 Handmade in Pakistan, these genuine cowhide leather gloves offer serious protection in two rich colors.
    Nora Taylor, Architectural Digest, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Lopez’s ban does not outlaw leather, cowhide or deerskin products.
    Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2025
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