as in to don
to place on one's person
threw on a sweater and headed outside
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The Chad Powers character is based on a viral skit from 2022, where Eli Manning donned prosthetics and the name to go uncover at Penn State and try out for their team.—
Kirsten Chuba,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Sep. 2025 -
Sophia Agnella Anita Stolz Stolz proved to be a proponent of current beauty trends, donning barely there eyebrows at the Blumarine show in Milan on Friday.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
26 Sep. 2025
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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
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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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Ben O’Hanlon, the key stunt rigger, rigged up a slack line that went around a corner.—
Leia Mendoza,
Variety,
26 Sep. 2025
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Bundrick allegedly used Fernandez's credit card multiple times and rigged the building's front door to open for her, according to prosecutors.—
Mason Leath,
ABC News,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Throw (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throw%20%28on%29. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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