as in to don
to place on one's person
threw on a sweater and headed outside
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Tinashe is one of the latest celebrities to don the season’s tall-boot streak, particularly around thigh-high silhouettes.—
Tara Larson,
Footwear News,
23 Jan. 2026 -
The Bruins donned throwback jerseys, an homage to UCLA’s 1977-78 championship squad from its days in the Assn.—
Steve Galluzzo,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2026
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The film’s opening stretch whizzes along as Charli — a natural, engaging actor — is dragged from one banal, vaguely embarrassing meeting or negotiation to another, sketchy vignettes usually punctuated at their close by Charli putting on her dark sunglasses and retreating back inward.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Jan. 2026
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Keep reading to discover the serums worth putting on your radar—and your shelf.—
Lily Wohlner,
Allure,
24 Jan. 2026
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Big box retailers dropped his pillows after Lindell repeatedly backed the president's claim that the 2020 election was rigged.—
Esme Murphy,
CBS News,
23 Jan. 2026
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Regulators, for their part, are concerned about underage bettors and potentially criminal interference to tilt or rig real-life events.—
Rohan Goswami,
semafor.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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“Throw (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throw%20%28on%29. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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