as in to don
to place on one's person
threw on a sweater and headed outside
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Therefore, Allen will have to don the cape once again.—
Mike Jones,
New York Times,
10 Jan. 2026 -
Another local will be donning a green and white kit.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
10 Jan. 2026
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Others put on alert by Israel’s recognition are China and Turkey.—
Sam Metz,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Jan. 2026
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His aunt, Jamileh, was a reformist Member of Parliament who was put on trial for attending a conference in Berlin and banned from running for a second term.—
Robin Wright,
New Yorker,
13 Jan. 2026
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Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, disputed the results, claiming they were rigged.—
Nimi Princewill,
CNN Money,
14 Jan. 2026
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Later that night, Pine visits the weapons site with his former hotel colleague and members of the Muslim Brotherhood, who rig the cargo trucks with cell-phone detonating explosives.—
Jake Kring-Schreifels,
Time,
9 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 16 Jan. 2026.
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