Underneath her coat, Witherspoon wore an ankle-length black skirt and leather round-toe boots.
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Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
28 Jan. 2025
Compare with the Met’s full-size cast, from 1985, and these miniatures cleave the collective anguish into distinct emotions — one figure seems mid-dance, one bored, another ecstatic — in a range of patinas, from dark chocolate to leather.
The masks come with two straps that go over your head and neck to keep a tight seal.
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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.
The Speccie’s star columnist is the rudest man in Christendom, the Godzilla of contumely, an all-time non-sufferer of fools who horsewhips his targets the way Hunter S. Thompson and Christopher Hitchens once did.
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Kyle Smith,
National Review,
23 Apr. 2020
In reality, Watson wasn’t a bar fighter or famous for horsewhipping cowboys.
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.
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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.
Better to lash out first, or at least build up a protective armor.
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Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Apr. 2025
All the while, sawn-off shotguns; love locks inscribed with names lashed to bridges, their keys slung into the river; and other reminders of modern life are topping up the Thames.
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Sean Kingsley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Apr. 2025
Take it from us and whip out this gem for special occasions versus everyday wear, as Gucci recommends shielding it from direct light, heat, and rain.
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Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
10 Apr. 2025
In the early hours of April 21, 1775, gale-force winds whipped across the town square, driving the shivering sentries from their posts to the shelter of their beds.
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Andrew Lawler,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 Apr. 2025
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