put in an appearance

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The 60-year-old, who recently premiered a television cooking show, also put in an appearance alongside Billy Bob Thornton, Wynonna Judd and Gavin Adcock at the fever dream that is Guy Fieri’s Smokehouse.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026

Harris was here just last fall, though it’s been a few years since President Joe Biden has put in an appearance.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 14, 2023

Biden put in an appearance in Monterey Park, a city of about 60,000 people just east of Los Angeles, less than two months after a horrific mass shooting there.

From Salon • Mar. 16, 2023

They also put in an appearance off the coast of Dover, in Kent.

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2021

Then the family moved to Plainfield, New Jersey, where Martha put in an appearance.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey