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as in decorated
to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming
the whole house had been done up for Halloween
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2
as in clothed
to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes
on Wild West Day some of the women came to the office done up as showgirls, while the men were mostly outlaws
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as in wore
to use up all the physical energy of
all of this fussing about the wedding has done me up
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Rosita, never having created a single ordinary thing in her 93 years, decorated the apartments with a kaleidoscopic sensibility born of a lifetime of collecting and experimenting.—
Laura May Todd,
Architectural Digest,
6 Nov. 2025 -
Plus, the cookies are not decorated with Crumbl’s common drizzles, pipings or crumbles.—
Sabrina Weiss,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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The equipment was put to use in an overnight raid in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood, when agents clad in tactical gear rappelled from a Black Hawk helicopter and burst through the windows of an apartment building to pull families from their homes.—
Andy Rose 19 hr ago,
CNN Money,
9 Nov. 2025
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The rooms tout a contemporary Southwestern aesthetic, clad in terra-cotta orange with wood floors, while the 1,500-square-foot cottages feature two bedrooms, living rooms, and full kitchens and dining areas.—
Matt Kirouac,
AFAR Media,
7 Nov. 2025
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As for accessories, Obama wore a pair of white, firework-like earrings from the Chanel collection as well.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
6 Nov. 2025
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At the game, Swift wore head-to-toe Chiefs red, including a $550 Courrèges sweater and matching $650 Courrèges skirt.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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During the celebration, Kendall was presented with a white birthday cake adorned with black ribbons, white candles and shot bottles of 818 tequila (her alcohol brand).—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025
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The facade is adorned with the brand’s signature cannage pattern, while inside there is Versailles parquet flooring similar to the Dior flagship at 30 Montaigne, the house’s historic address.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
7 Nov. 2025
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King dressed for the interview in a vibrant Los Angeles Dodgers jacket, basking in the afterglow of their stunning World Series victory against the Toronto Blue Jays.—
Don Riddell,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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Last year, when their baby boy was just a newborn, the family of three went as Kim Possible characters and dressed their child as Rufus, the naked mole rat.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
5 Nov. 2025
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Tens of thousands of people have been killed throughout the conflict.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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The recent floods in central Vietnam killed at least 13 people, inundated over 116,000 houses and 5,000 hectares of crops, according to the government’s disaster agency, reported by Reuters.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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Set on just over an acre, this 5-bedroom residence delivers that timeless Cape Cod design but draped in big-time luxury.—
Miriam Schwartz,
Boston Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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Here, thousands of those funnels merge into a single, multilayered structure draped across the cave's walls, where thousands of individuals live peacefully side by side in overlapping webs.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
5 Nov. 2025
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Later, the humanoids got up in a human-like manner, first lifting their legs and using their hip joint to get up and come back to their original standing position.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Oct. 2025
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After a few minutes, Denegal got up and walked off the field on his own.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Oct. 2025
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“Did up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/did%20up. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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