as in to don
to place on one's person
threw on a sweater and headed outside
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Sivan is not the only star to have worn the T-shirt, with the actor Pedro Pascal recently having donned the top while out celebrating his 50th birthday.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Apr. 2025 -
The girls don their coverings and start to screech and run through the forest.—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
12 Apr. 2025
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On a day Billy Napier's program put on its annual Orange and Blue game, the men's basketball team seized center stage for the final time.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 Apr. 2025
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McIlroy put on a show at Augusta National during the second and third rounds.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Apr. 2025
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Wanderley had rigged a cabinet with another explosive device, which blew up when the robot approached.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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His 2024 presidential campaign was fueled by grievances, beginning with the lie that the 2020 election was rigged against him.—
Zachary Basu,
Axios,
5 Apr. 2025
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“Throw (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/throw%20%28on%29. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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