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as in adorns
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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as in clothes
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 wears
to use up all the physical energy of
all of this fussing about the wedding has done me up
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The script adorns its skein of criminal dealings with idiosyncratic action, too.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
21 Aug. 2025 -
But his artwork adorns the cover of the album, the first all-instrumental release by five-time Grammy Award-winner Stuart and his 23-year-old band.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 July 2025
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Former Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves saw these images and posted on X that Hegseth had become America’s Kadyrov, a reference to the Chechen warlord Ramzan Kadyrov, who also dresses his children in military gear.—
Tom Nichols,
The Atlantic,
11 June 2026
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While both draw big crowds and, like the pope, Bad Bunny often dresses in white, their messages are contrasting.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
10 June 2026
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In her post, the little black dog wears a red harness and a light blue harness, enjoys a treat, and cuddles up to the Superman actress.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
12 Dec. 2025
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San Antonio, the second-largest city in Texas, wears its size lightly.—
Kat Stinson,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Dec. 2025
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Alcoves hold large bronze sculptures; in the center is a large table that the family decorates to complement the season.—
Ray Mark Rinaldi,
Denver Post,
7 Dec. 2025
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Later, while Meghan decorates the tree, the camera stops on an ornament dedicated to him — a quiet, touching tribute to the rescue dog who’d been by her side since before royal life and died last winter.—
Erin Hill,
PEOPLE,
3 Dec. 2025
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Best Amazon Outlet Prime Day Fashion Deals Update your summer wardrobe with a few new pieces for the season, including Levi’s shorts, stylish sandals, and comfortable maxi dresses up to 50% off.—
Molly Blanco,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 July 2025
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The deal, which was first announced last month, kills a ballot measure effort that could have cost San Diego $300 million by prohibiting the city from collecting anything for trash service during fiscal years 2028 and 2029.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 June 2026
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In 1995, Guidera landed the role of Robbie Llywelyn, the diabetic man that Natasha Henstridge’s Sil kills in Roger Donaldson’s Species.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
9 June 2026
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Every game of this type requires learning the internal physics of how jumping and inertia work — Mario doesn’t exactly feel the way Sonic does in action, right?—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
24 June 2025
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Do you often get invited to clients' weddings, like Lucy does in the film?—
Benjamin VanHoose,
People.com,
15 June 2025
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The people most capable of using AI to compress weeks into hours are precisely the people who escalation exhausts.—
Rob Versaw,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2026
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Watching this scene, and much of the film, exhausts me.—
Jenny Odell,
Longreads,
2 June 2026
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“Does up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/does%20up. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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