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don

[don, dawn] / dɒn, dɔn /
VERB
clothe
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Other notable audience members, including Madonna and Michelle Obama, followed, while actors such as Maya Rudolph, Bowen Yang and Tituss Burgess signed up to don Mary’s ringlet wig as the Broadway run stretched on.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

Calves still need to be bought and sold, and ranch operations - many multi-generational - don not pause for politics.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

And if you’re familiar with Martin Best, the curmudgeonly doctor with an almost permanently furrowed brow portrayed by Charles, the character’s willingness to don such a getup likely took some coaxing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

Only today’s would-be homesteaders look to TikTok stars like Ballerina Farm’s Hannah Neeleman for inspiration or don Gunne Sax-style prairie dresses and call the look cottagecore.

From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026

I don t believe there was a catfish in that creek that could resist.

From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson

But for the registered nurse, who dons a Hello Kitty badge reel at work, nostalgia was part of the card’s appeal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

Mr. Kidd describes this as “a spectacular breach of conventional academic protocol,” especially as the dons conferred unopposed—on the same day—an honorary degree on Alessandro Pertini, the 88-year-old Italian president.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

The dons got a measure of meretricious revenge on Thatcher in 1985 when Oxford voted to deny her an honorary degree.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

The show proceeds with the fluid choreography of Positions before Grande dons her famous bunny ears for a slinky version of The Boy Is Mine.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

So it must have simply astonished the dons of Oxford to hear this peculiar Italian, as he dipped and dodged, chucked and chirred, defending Copernicanism as the literal truth.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Stewart, to fulfill her Halloween homeless fantasy, donned a damaged knit cardigan, torn patchwork jeans and an oversize flannel button-down, according to screenshots of her deleted post.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

He directed the process to try to prevent damage to the remains and donned a white forensic suit to approach the body.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Nigerian models donned outfits of seemingly impossible amounts of fabric folded and moulded into massive silhouettes, or overlapping in shingled, feather-like patterns.

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

Anaheimers donned Halos jerseys and hats like never before.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

There were no objections to C.P.’s elevation at the next meeting and so he donned the scarlet robe and repeated the sacred oath of leadership.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

While fans can expect to see a new actor donning the cape and cowl, the future for Batman rogues gallery favorite Harley Quinn is a bit less clear.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

The actress marked the occasion by donning a stunning lace Schiaparelli gown featuring long sleeves and a high neckline.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

To market herself, Kusama adopted an outlandish persona, donning brightly colored bobbed wigs, and red leotards or dot-covered gowns for public appearances.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Al-Dabba and his sons, donning protective netted hats and wielding metal bee smokers, gently inspect the neat rows of teeming hives.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

He was donning the heavy space gloves in preparation for his term of duty here, and his thick eyebrows drew close together.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov


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