putting on

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The stock has fallen 8.7% this year in part due to investors’ worries about the return Meta’s AI investments will generate and the pressure they are putting on its free cash flow.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

There’s also some whining about Gilgeous-Alexander baiting foul calls from referees—initiating contact and then putting on a Juilliard-worthy death scene—but in this he’s hardly alone.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

“I loved it when he got off work on the weekends. We would spend time either cutting grass, doing plumbing, putting on drywall, or playing music in church.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

Porlock historian Jeff Cox, who is putting on the exhibition, said Porlock Weir is the longest natural barrier of its kind in the whole of the west coast of Britain.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

Lillian had already gotten up and was putting on her robe and house shoes in preparation for the impending predawn ritual at the tree.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy