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boned

verb

past tense of bone

as in dressed

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Those pictures of members of the Potawatomi tribe ranging from youths to the elderly dressed in regalia — ceremonial attire and adornments worn at ritual gatherings — show how people choose to represent themselves to their community.

— Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2026
Con where the actor made a surprise appearance, dressed in character, and threw handfuls of candy at the foot of attendees.

— Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 10 Nov. 2026

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The apartments Svetlana cleaned belonged to people in their thirties who didn’t seem to leave the house much—there was trash from Amazon and Uber Eats everywhere.

— Olivia Kan-Sperling, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026
Some blankets can only be spot-cleaned, while others have removable, washable covers that can be laundered with everything else.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2026

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Four of the five Knicks starters stayed at home, and Mikal Bridges made the trip to Canada only to watch his reserves get eviscerated in a 148-98 rout by the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday.

— Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 13 Oct. 2026
In that, both teams played their best players and Houston’s defensive line eviscerated the Panthers’ offensive line.

— Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 29 Aug. 2026

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The United States is slow-walking a democratic process that should have started in January, the day after an American military operation extracted dictator Nicolás Maduro.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 11 Nov. 2026
Each active from the farm is custom-extracted with low temperatures through a biotech partner.

— Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 10 Nov. 2026

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