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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

Sean McVay, taking a cue from quarterback Matthew Stafford, will don an upper-body neoprene undergarment.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2026

Women would wear dresses and stockings; men would don suits and hats.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 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

Their children might don Muggle clothing during the holidays, but Mr. and Mrs. Weasley usually wore long robes in varying states of shabbiness.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling