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Constructed of durable waxed cotton, the pieces—five in total that run the gamut from a duffel bag to an iPhone case—have a roughed-up look that will gain more character over the years.
Ace in the Bag 2011
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But the collection is also sporty in essence, with roughed-up riffs on hiking and racing pants and jodhpurs.
Guy Blue Heaven Ray A. Smith 2011
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Mr. Esquivel's quirky men's shoes, such as roughed-up boots and wingtips with vividly colored soles, helped introduce a fashion-edge to the staid world of men's leather footwear.
The New Influencers Christina Binkley 2012
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During a roughed-up version of her 1995 single "I Can't Cry Anymore," Crow yelled, "You ain't gonna see me look at my BlackBerry all day long waitin 'for good news!"
Sheryl Crow at Strathmore Dave McKenna 2010
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It is the card that got hundreds of Black Bostonian men harassed, arrested and in many cases “legally” roughed-up when Chuck Stuart gut-shot and killed his nearly full-term pregnant wife for insurance money and he blamed a manufactured Black assailant for the crime — and then macabrely picked out of a police-hustled lineup one Willie Bennett to cover for his devilish act?
Archive 2008-10-01 2008
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When I got down there, he looked up from a roughed-up copy of The Anarchist Cookbook.
The Six Rules of Maybe DEB CALETTI 2010
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When I got down there, he looked up from a roughed-up copy of The Anarchist Cookbook.
The Six Rules of Maybe DEB CALETTI 2010
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It is the card that got hundreds of Black Bostonian men harassed, arrested and in many cases “legally” roughed-up when Chuck Stuart gut-shot and killed his nearly full-term pregnant wife for insurance money and he blamed a manufactured Black assailant for the crime — and then macabrely picked out of a police-hustled lineup one Willie Bennett to cover for his devilish act?
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Not only were they pretty gamey, I was afraid that I looked more like one of the roughed-up rebels who lived outside the conclave than a clean and tidy Ravinian.
The Soldiers of Halla D. J. MacHale 2009
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Not only were they pretty gamey, I was afraid that I looked more like one of the roughed-up rebels who lived outside the conclave than a clean and tidy Ravinian.
The Soldiers of Halla D. J. MacHale 2009
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