dresses up
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Rock also acts in the movie as an on-the-skids filmmaker named Jordan who, when tasked to reboot “Dreamgirls,” dresses up for the job with a retro fedora.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 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
Mr Gostick, who dresses up as Edward Shelby while leading groups through the city, has been able to turn his bespoke tours into a full-time job, due to its popularity.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2025
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
And it was when he got to the bit where El-ahrairah dresses up and pretends to be the doctor at King Darzin’s palace that I suddenly had an idea.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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