as in slipped (on or into)
to place on one's person
threw on a sweater and headed outside
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Every single day, it's been a pleasure coming to work and putting on the orange and blue.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Sep. 2025 -
In a shutdown, anything deemed nonessential is put on hold, so Americans could experience delays in certain services and hundreds of thousands of federal workers will go without pay.—
Barbara Sprunt,
NPR,
29 Sep. 2025
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Macklovich also shifted into a formal all-black tuxedo, and the wedding party donned different hues of pink for the ceremony.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
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This is the same artist who posed nude on The Barter 6 and who donned a dress for the cover of Jeffery.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
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Lindell alleged the machines were rigged to change Trump votes to Biden votes.—
Steve Karnowski,
Twin Cities,
29 Sep. 2025
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Trump argued that the election was rigged.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Threw (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/threw%20%28on%29. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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