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dresses up



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Toron the mascot dresses up as a U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

They largely portrayed Rubin as a retiree who dresses up as characters from “Frozen” to make his grandchildren laugh.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 18, 2026

That is not to say TV dresses up the “sophomore years” of life, as Seema calls them, to be free of aches and pains for anybody.

From Salon • May 29, 2025

Holder also said he still dresses up as Santa every year and wakes his wife on Christmas morning with a loud "It's Christmas!"

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2023

He told me he always dresses up when he goes to the movies.

From "The Fourteenth Goldfish" by Jennifer L. Holm



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