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PowerWash Simulator sees players don their cleaning gear and hose down a variety of filthy in-game locations until they're sparkling and spotless.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

In the Disney show, Cyrus played Miley Stewart, a high school student by day who would don a blond wig and become pop star Hannah Montana at night.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

When Kane Williamson leaves the Bay Oval field on Monday at the end of the Black Caps' third Test against the West Indies, he may never don New Zealand whites again.

From Barron's • Dec. 21, 2025

In-person and remote workers can all don a headset and find themselves together in a simulated office.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

In the elaborate shell houses along the Langer See, oarsmen stowed their street clothes in lockers and began to don their national uniforms.

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