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Collins shopped with his grandmother Kathy Red Elk for a suit Walters could wear to court.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
“I was designing the collection, but it was very much like character building. I was doing costume design essentially,” Dawn Long says about the collection, which ranges from casual to evening wear.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
In April, he said that “outside of the commission, I wear a hat working for one of the world’s largest shipbuilders, which is a group called Damen.”
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026
Consumers also paid less for clothing, driven by a drop in prices for men’s and children’s wear.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
“I would love to wear your beads. Thank you.”
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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Playmaker Oscar Gloukh, 22, wears Ajax's number 10 shirt after his form earned a move from Red Bull Salzburg.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
As he’s spoken to audiences of government officials, diplomats, academics and journalists, Dans — who wears his Arctic commission lapel pin and exudes a professorial air — has also waded into foreign policy.
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026
Gnocchi is on a flea prevention plan, Zephyr wears an air tag and Nill’s pram gives Lana and Steve a safe enclosure.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
From the new world, a bird-shaped jar wears women’s attire from the Moche culture and a bottle is emblazoned with a fearsome fox warrior.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Mr. Lawson wears rectangular black-framed glasses that magnify his gray eyes.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
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He wore a dark hoodie cinched around his face and a rubber mask that obscured everything but his eyes.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Standing on the sidelines, the 25-year-old girlfriend of head coach Bill Belichick wore a Carolina jersey that had been fashioned into a crop top and a bedazzled football purse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
Singer Pink wore many of his designs over the years.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
He wore a leather vest with a Russian tricolor, participated in the groups’ publicity stunts and met another boxing aficionado, Alexei Rubezhnoy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
The engineer wore pants, but they weren't white like the pants his mother had bought for him.
From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry
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The market is shaky because the nuclear euphoria of the pas two years has worn off.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
In the replies, Rupar’s followers posted photos of disability devices that are worn around the hips in order to assist people with walking.
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026
The enforcement will not apply to face coverings worn for legitimate reasons, including religious, cultural, health, work, weather or personal safety reasons.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
A person familiar with the decision to dismiss Baker-Mazara told The Times then that patience for the sixth-year senior had worn thin through a frustrating season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
Alfred Dee stood as straight as a fence post, and he wore the Sassafras Springs uniform: a rough blue shirt and worn overalls with a red bandanna sticking out of the back pocket.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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Restaurant worker Bobby Skelton, wearing a battle vest with a “Nazi Lives Don’t Matter” patch, stepped to the microphone and delivered a rant against “mass surveillance.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
According to the warrant, the detective, Steve Own, noted she did not appear to be wearing her court-appointed ankle monitor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
“These are Stuart Weitzman. I bought them 30 years ago, and I’ve never stopped wearing them.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
He said Noah was wearing a white Bluey T-shirt, shorts and black Vans trainers with a white stripe.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Theo is wearing not only trousers and a jacket but also an outdoor coat.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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