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Recent Examples of pigskin
Is this a lot to ask of a quarterback that merely tosses a pigskin 20 times a year?
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 5 Nov. 2024
After some jostling, a Miami defensive back ran away with the pigskin, and celebrations began.
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 28 Sep. 2024
Monitoring the weather reports in the days leading up to the game, Campbell had the Lions practice with wet footballs, using bottles to douse the pigskins.
—Don Yaeger, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Grand Canyon’s move to the MWC, as a non-football-playing member, comes two weeks after UTEP agreed to join next year as its all-important eighth football constituent—giving the league the minimum number of pigskin participants necessary to remain an NCAA FBS conference.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 5 Nov. 2024
After some jostling, a Miami defensive back ran away with the pigskin, and celebrations began.
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 28 Sep. 2024
Monitoring the weather reports in the days leading up to the game, Campbell had the Lions practice with wet footballs, using bottles to douse the pigskins.
—Don Yaeger, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Grand Canyon’s move to the MWC, as a non-football-playing member, comes two weeks after UTEP agreed to join next year as its all-important eighth football constituent—giving the league the minimum number of pigskin participants necessary to remain an NCAA FBS conference.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pigskin
Noun
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To be even cozier, look for ballerinas in faux sheepskin or fur.—
Antonio Fuentes,
Glamour,
28 Dec. 2024
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The interior of the slipper is lined with fluffy sheepskin to keep your feet cozy and warm.—
Chaunie Brusie, RN,
Parents,
29 Nov. 2024
Noun
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Its glossy goatskin leather fabrication adds to the sumptuousness of it all.—
Alexis Bennett Parker,
Vogue,
7 Jan. 2025
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Creole chickens weave between our legs, a chunky pig snuffles across the dirt floor, and a dusty ginger cat snoozes on a goatskin chair.—
Lydia Bell,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 Dec. 2024
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Garvey, the former Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres first baseman and National League most valuable player in 1974, has played the baseball card to the hilt, even passing out autographed horsehides at many campaign stops.—
Thomas Elias,
The Mercury News,
9 Mar. 2024
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According to its founder, Gary Eastman, the business attired nearly every other character in the series, producing the brown B-3 jackets worn by Austin Butler, Barry Keoghan, and others, as well as the Type A-2 horsehide and Type B-10 cotton jackets that also feature throughout the series.—
Eric Twardzik,
Robb Report,
21 Feb. 2024
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Defined by a fully cylindrical shape, the Edith bag features two top handles, a top zipper, and a leather zipper fully crafted out of calfskin leather.—
Alexis Bennett Parker,
Vogue,
7 Jan. 2025
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Moto boots are ready to hit the road or runway in supple calfskin leather, sensual suede takes on a life of its own in the form of fringe, and smooth studs appear more ritzy than rocker.—
Stacia Datskovska,
WWD,
17 Dec. 2024
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As the years went on, Underwood began to occasionally share a rare grid photo of her kids — but most of them would be via her Instagram Story; photos that would expire after 24 hours.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
25 Jan. 2025
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This tragically poignant tale of this kid losing his other half.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
25 Jan. 2025
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In an Instagram post shared by Gator Country on Wednesday, Jan. 22, alligator expert Gary Saurage showed off how the large reptiles are handling the frigid temperatures in Texas this winter.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
25 Jan. 2025
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At Lincoln Park, two seven-foot alligators at a zoo rode the floodwaters to freedom.—
Michael Schulman,
The New Yorker,
22 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Shearling was also rendered in a hooded bomber jacket design and as a detail on the collar of deerskin leather flight jackets.—
Sandra Salibian,
WWD,
21 Jan. 2025
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Those settlers would have traded a pile of deerskins for a rifled barrel.—
The Editors,
Field & Stream,
23 Nov. 2023
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The researchers began by reviewing existing literature and ornithological databases for recorded examples of birds using snakeskin to construct their nests.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 2025
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The dress was covered with sequin embellishments in a snakeskin pattern.—
WWD Staff,
WWD,
2 Jan. 2025
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“Pigskin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pigskin. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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