cat-o'-nine-tails

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Noun
  • How did the woman say she was held by Wood? The shed where the woman was held was locked with chains, with bricks placed there to further confine her, while her ankle was tied down by a tow strap, according to charging documents.
    Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 10 July 2025
  • Polar's strap has a comfortable buckle connector and silicone dots to keep it in place.
    Adrienne So, Wired News, 10 July 2025
Noun
  • The ancient humans likely fashioned containers or pots from birch bark, animal skins or other body parts such as stomach linings, filling them with water and hanging them over a fire, Roebroeks said.
    Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 4 July 2025
  • Its other star ingredients include glyceryl glucoside, a humectant that boosts your skin barrier to prevent dry patches, and birch tree sap, which can relieve redness. SELF’s lifestyle writer, Jenna Ryu, says this is one of the few sunscreens she’s tried that didn’t break her out.
    Jessica Kasparian, SELF, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • Beetles are essential decomposers in our hickory and oak boreal forests.
    Markis Hill, Kansas City Star, 4 July 2025
  • The meat tastes of hickory and applewood, with notes of citrus and pine from the hinoki.
    Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
Noun
  • Capturing excess nutrient runoff from crop fields is good for both public health and the environment.
    Bill Frist, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
  • That shifts focus to a high school crop featuring Eli Willits, JoJo Parker and Billy Carlson.
    Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 7 July 2025
Noun
  • The handwoven rattan on this rectangular coffee table would look lovely in a space with coastal or bohemian vibes.
    Rachel Fletcher, Architectural Digest, 24 June 2025
  • Simply spray down the rattan occasionally to remove dust and dry the pieces after big storms to keep the set looking new.
    Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 June 2025
Noun
  • Chinese laborers, rare for that time, made rawhide bags on site to take the limestone and dump it into iron buckets on an aerial tramway, according to Meniketti’s report.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 6 July 2025
  • The Dolce & Gabbana rawhide leather shirt and Alice + Olivia suede bell bottoms Wilson wore during the photo shoot for her 2024 album, Whirlwind.
    Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • The bullwhip effect and demand amplification are other manifestations of irrationality in supply chains.
    Shekar Natarajan, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • They are made in the U.S. with high-quality materials including cotton bouclé, genuine cowhide leather, velvet, an organic kapok filling and healing crystals.
    Alexandra Pastore, Footwear News, 18 June 2025
  • By the early 1600s, players were using balls of cowhide stuffed with goose feathers.
    Miles Corwin, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 June 2025
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