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National Highways said the next closure will be between junction nine, at Leatherhead, and junction 10, near the A3.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2024
Bafia had lived at the zoo at the Chessington World of Adventures theme park in Leatherhead, Surrey, since 1969.
From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2023
Owen began is career as an assistant stage manager at Leatherhead Theatre in Surrey, before moving on to Westminster Theatre.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2022
The gator legend also inspired the Leatherhead character, introduced in 1987, in the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” comics and video games.
From New York Times ● Feb. 26, 2020
Leatherhead ought to be entered from the west and left by the south.
From Highways and Byways in Surrey by Thomson, Hugh
The last non-quarterback to win the MVP was running back Adrian Peterson in 2012, which feels like way back in the leatherhead era.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2025
Maltby was famous for his mastery of sports arcana, especially as it pertained to the leatherhead era of American football, as well as for his penchant for striking, counterintuitive analogies.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 12, 2018
That the leatherhead era of workplace harassment was over.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 12, 2018
Creede pitching into a leatherhead like me, no wonder I did not recognize Virginia in her new dress; I was in such a stew that I hardly knew which end my head was on.
From Vandemark's Folly by Quick, Herbert
The silly old leatherhead didn't know he was doing anything against public sentiment; and told the very thing that made a case against him.
From Vandemark's Folly by Quick, Herbert
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