as in slipping (on or into)
to place on one's person
threw on a sweater and headed outside
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No, the 70-year-old trumpet player/tap dancer/singer won’t be donning a form-fitting unitard and launching into a sauté.—
Dan Kelly
May 6,
Kansas City Star,
6 May 2026 -
Katy Perry went incognito at the 2026 Met Gala, donning a space-esque mask while walking the red carpet at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
5 May 2026
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The local group is putting on an auction in the Arboretum’s Palm Room.—
Pedro Moura,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
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In this spooky play, five high school theater students are putting on an educational show about the dangers of drinking and driving by re-creating a deadly car crash.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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Billups, who played with the Clippers for two seasons and later was a member of Clippers coach Ty Lue’s staff before being named head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers in 2021, is charged with rigging underground poker games that authorities said were backed by three of New York’s Mafia families.—
Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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Twenty-six years ago, students treated a visit by then-President Bill Clinton as a challenge, and outwitted the Secret Service by secretly rigging a banner to unfurl at an inopportune moment.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Throwing (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throwing%20%28on%29. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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