S&M
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Origin of S&M
First recorded in 1965–70
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Metallica: S&M 2 This concert special features the rock group Metallica collaborating with the San Francisco Symphony conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas and Edwin Outwater.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2020
The albums feature mash-ups and covers of songs like Kelly Clarkson's "Since U Been Gone," Rihanna's "S&M" and La Roux's "Bulletproof."
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 11, 2013
Tisci, an Italian whose S&M aesthetic has won him critical acclaim, had edged away from his signature hardcore look in seasons past, delivering more ethnic-inspired collections.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 25, 2010
Our frames, forks, handlebars, stems and sprockets are all made in the USA at S&M bikes.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Josh Stricker found himself short one custom S&M when it fell off the bike rack of a car and got run over by a truck.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The pajama sets were sold in children’s sizes XXS, XS, S, M, L and XL.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 8, 2017
S M N B., I have arranged in my cabinet, how far rightly I know not, as that of Gallus.
From Notes and Queries, Number 46, September 14, 1850 by Various
It was a signal, and it read: S M I T H ...
From The Devil Doctor by Sax Rohmer
"Buck Sanders, segundo of the Lazy S M ranches," explained again the young man at the table in a low voice.
From A Man Four-Square by William MacLeod Raine
The man had walked into Tolleson's—a place which he, Snaith, practically owned himself—and flung down the gauntlet to the whole Lazy S M outfit.
From A Man Four-Square by William MacLeod Raine
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