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Most teams don ski goggles to celebrate with champagne and beer showers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
She and a dozen colleagues don cotton gloves, roll up their sleeves and plant themselves on cheap plastic stools for the task of separating out the valuable, intact mushrooms from the busted ones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 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
Babies who breastfeed should get all the water they need from breast milk and don not need any extra, the NHS says - but they may want to feed more than normal.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
She hoped that when the time came to don the Robe, the Singer would be satisfied as well.
From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry
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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 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
Carney dons his best furniture salesman hat to make the pitch of a lifetime, a deal that could save Robert’s life, or take Carney’s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
It meant acceptance by a more fashionable and amusing part of Cambridge and allowed him to dismiss the fact that he was not appreciated by a variety of dull and pompous dons.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
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She also donned red carpet maternity wear at The Odyssey's US premiere in New York on 14 July.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
He was joined by his wife, Parris McBride, and members of his family and team, many of whom donned his signature bowler hat in tribute.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Back on land, the crew donned blazers and burned an old wooden scull in Peterhouse’s garden.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
Consider Gordon Ramsay’s “24 Hours to Hell and Back,” in which the chef donned full prosthetics and makeup to trick restaurant staff into treating him like an ordinary customer.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
He donned them both and made his way to the armory.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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US billionaire owner Michele Kang was also present, donning a new match shirt with her name on the back and posing for photos with fans before kick-off.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
He has described watching his children donning Specs to run around playing laser tag, learn about dinosaurs and build with virtual Legos.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 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
That thought is echoed in the album’s cover art, an image of two miniature Finn Wolfhards facing off, donning colonial garb and brandishing weapons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
On the periphery of my vision, I see Taryn standing with Locke, near where other knights are donning their armor.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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