as in throws (on)
to place on one's person
wait here while I slip into something more comfortable
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Just as sunlight interrupts the darkness over his small Hokkaido city, the 76-year-old pulls on his rain boots and dons a bright orange jacket.—
Hanako Montgomery,
CNN Money,
11 Dec. 2025 -
That motif extends to the trippy video, where McRae dons angel wings, like a Gen Z version of Claire Danes in Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet.—
Angie Martoccio,
Rolling Stone,
11 Dec. 2025
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There’s infectious joy and wonder as the Eridian who will come to be known as Rocky begins communicating with Ryland, at first with rudimentary signals and then with more complex language once Ryland rigs a translation device.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Mar. 2026
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The show’s main character, Michael Westen - played by Jeffrey Donovan -- rigs the bridge as a diversion.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
8 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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“Slips (on or into).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slips%20%28on%20or%20into%29. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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