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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
At times, diners will win don virtual reality headgear.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
The high-society nature of tarot is reflected in the opulent materials used in making the cards and in the depictions of the people on them, who don finery and engage in courtly activities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 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
Hopelessness had erased the color and anima- don from Judith’s face, and set her lovely features into a still mask.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
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Mr. Kidd is obsessed in particular with Oxbridge dons, as the academics at these two British universities are known in demotic parlance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
These same dons disdained Britain’s provincial universities—known pejoratively as Redbrick—as well as academics in the U.S., whom they scorned for going about their business with “woefully unnecessary seriousness.”
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
He dons it like armor for the chaos to come.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 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
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It was during this crossover that Spider-Man first donned the sentient black suit that would become known as Venom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 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 wore an all-white suit in the video, while his wife, singer Ashanti, donned a sparkling gown.
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
He donned his best silk shirt, his purple cravat, his brown velvet jacket with the braided lapels.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
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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
As England's tournament continues, Richard will be donning his kit, singing loud and generally having a great time.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
Hordes of soccer fans donning Mexico and Korea jerseys were walking down Olympic Boulevard energized but not alarmed in any way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 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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