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In the Resilience Department, visitors can don headphones to listen to sounds recorded by Canada-based artist Margüi during an epileptic seizure for a piece titled “Unbreakable.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
Time to pack away the sequinned Stetsons and don the hard hats.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
But it is also a social media extravaganza that sees stars don over-the-top looks, vying to create the greatest spectacle.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
No one lies down—the chorus members don delicate face veils and hold lighted candles to show when they are sleeping.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
They had spent the previous four weeks taking it in turns to don the Invisibility Cloak and spy on the official entrance to the Ministry, which Ron, thanks to Mr. Weasley, had known since childhood.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
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"Rules of the Game" (from The Joy Luck Club) by Amy Tan
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Beowulf
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