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wear

[wair] / wɛər /








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At some point though, he'll have to find time to decide what to wear.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

But the agency to which that money was transferred apparently didn’t get these ICE agents to wear body cameras, and it doesn’t seem to have a particularly effective de-escalation curriculum.

From Slate Jul. 18, 2026

Kent will wear a San Francisco Giants cap into Cooperstown.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 17, 2026

On the day he was released as part of a ceasefire, he and others in his group were taken to have their heads shaved and each given a white sweatshirt to wear.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

“Shadows will wear your bones and skin if they could.”

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

He wears a baseball cap and an oversize brown sweater, tugging on the sleeves while he ponders.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

Bellingham wears the No 10 shirt for the England national team.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

As the afternoon wears on, the wind begins to fade and the kites slowly drift back to earth.

From Barron's Jul. 11, 2026

“I don’t know how to describe it other than it wears at you,” Abernathy, 32, said.

From MarketWatch Jul. 11, 2026

He wears his usual tavern apron and cap, but the expression he wears is troubled.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

None of the passengers on that ill-fated journey wore life jackets, he told the BBC.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

Hernanz wore a Spanish flag draped across his shoulders as the friends made plans to spend the day in Madrid waiting for the team's return.

From Barron's Jul. 20, 2026

At a work conference in Albuquerque, N.M., in May, Chang wore a small pin with a red light indicating it was recording.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

He wore the terror for us, making life’s big mysteries seem just a little less daunting — even if they, like Neill, will always be unpredictable.

From Salon Jul. 17, 2026

Like me, she wore an elaborate dress trimmed with lace and her hair was twisted back into a knot at the base of her neck.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

A jersey worn by soccer giant Pele in the first World Cup final ever won by Brazil sold for $4.9 million at a US auction on Thursday.

From Barron's Jul. 16, 2026

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has worn the same olive-green field clothes ever since, because there is a war on and a suit can wait.

From Salon Jul. 15, 2026

In this case, no one can make another pair of cleats worn by Ohtani on that particular day.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

So far, Whoop has focused its marketing efforts on positioning itself as an aspirational brand worn by some of the fittest people in the world in the most rarefied spaces.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

Torak thought of the Red Deer woman at Fin Kedinn’s clan meet; she’d worn her hair the same way.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

“Once he was holding hands with a girl and once he traded hats with a field worker and walked right through us wearing a poncho and field hand’s sombrero.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

I don’t understand why kids who are still catching frogs and wearing Yoda pajamas need to be traveling to expensive out of state tournaments like they’re AC Milan.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

Will people start wearing N95 masks indoors, or have breathing apparatuses hooked up to their chests like fighter pilots?

From Salon Jul. 19, 2026

In one photoshopped pic that went viral, Lamine Yamal -- who leads Argentina's opponent, Spain -- is wearing a Brazilian jersey.

From Barron's Jul. 18, 2026

I can see it now: she’s wearing a flower-print dress, running through a field of wheat, her shiny strawberry-blond hair flowing behind her.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold




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