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don

[don, dawn] / dɒn, dɔn /
VERB
clothe
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Clough, a brilliant egomaniac who loves beautiful soccer, despises the successes achieved by the “big, hard, dirty, old men” who played under Don Revie, his predecessor and nemesis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

“Now I look around and the city is failing most of Los Angeles,” he told reporters Tuesday outside his election night party at Mexican restaurant Don Antonio’s.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

It is clear that I am the only person at Trump Doral who has taken an acute interest in Don Colossus.

From Slate • Jun. 2, 2026

Separately on Sunday, emergency services in Yorkshire said a search was under way for an 11-year-old boy who was last seen entering the River Don in Mexborough.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

Sancho, on Don Quixote's orders, gave the driver and the lion keeper a little money to make up for the delay.

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios




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