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don

[don, dawn] / dɒn, dɔn /
VERB
clothe
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Most teams don ski goggles to celebrate with champagne and beer showers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

Only today’s would-be homesteaders look to TikTok stars like Ballerina Farm’s Hannah Neeleman for inspiration or don Gunne Sax-style prairie dresses and call the look cottagecore.

From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026

The firefighter also asks him to don goggles to protect his eyes as rescuers continue to carefully dig away at the rubble surrounding him.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

The high-society nature of tarot is reflected in the opulent materials used in making the cards and in the depictions of the people on them, who don finery and engage in courtly activities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

It seemed wicked to don my Sunday garb on an ordinary day, but it was all I had.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood

Mr. Kidd describes this as “a spectacular breach of conventional academic protocol,” especially as the dons conferred unopposed—on the same day—an honorary degree on Alessandro Pertini, the 88-year-old Italian president.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

He dons it like armor for the chaos to come.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

Carney dons his best furniture salesman hat to make the pitch of a lifetime, a deal that could save Robert’s life, or take Carney’s.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

On visits to the park's clubhouse, he always dons an England tie, complete with pin badges.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

Also a factor was his laugh, against which many dons would most certainly rebel if subjected to its shattering bang more than once a week.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson

When former leader Deng Xiaoping toured the U.S. in 1979, eager to bind a reforming China to the West, he famously donned a 10-gallon cowboy hat at a Texas rodeo.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

As always, runners donned a variety of costumes in the bid to raise funds for good causes.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

On Saturday, Pope Leo XIV donned a green and white vestment created by the 51-year-old Sorcinelli while presiding over mass in the nearby port city of Rimini.

From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026

It was during this crossover that Spider-Man first donned the sentient black suit that would become known as Venom.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

As a result of the two laws, nearly eight million children donned the brown uniforms of the Hitler Youth in 1939.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

The actress marked the occasion by donning a stunning lace Schiaparelli gown featuring long sleeves and a high neckline.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

Al-Dabba and his sons, donning protective netted hats and wielding metal bee smokers, gently inspect the neat rows of teeming hives.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

People don’t just attend shows; they arrive in elaborate, artist-inspired outfits, from Taylor Swift fans trading friendship bracelets to Beyoncé fans donning cowboy hats.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

That thought is echoed in the album’s cover art, an image of two miniature Finn Wolfhards facing off, donning colonial garb and brandishing weapons.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

By noon, as race fans began to arrive by train and by automobile from all over the East, men were already shedding their coats and ties, women donning broad-brimmed sun hats and sunglasses.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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