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The delivery drivers should wear snappier uniforms, they said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
But “The Pineapple” did wear me down, and it’s beautiful in the way it highlights the lonely anguish at the heart of Buffett’s “Margaritaville.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Collins shopped with his grandmother Kathy Red Elk for a suit Walters could wear to court.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
In April, he said that “outside of the commission, I wear a hat working for one of the world’s largest shipbuilders, which is a group called Damen.”
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026
“This has washing instructions. If you throw these in the machine, I will think differently of you. But if you don’t wear them, you will hurt my feelings.”
From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows
“It’s too much input. That’s why Jeff wears the Spider-Man goggles,” he adds, referring to the ELO frontman’s ever-present aviator shades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
"For a large chunk of the film's runtime, the answer is a resounding yes," wrote reviewer Jordan Bassett, who said Bryan's encounters become repetitive as the film wears on.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Today he is 79, and wears the calamities of the past more lightly than most of us could ever imagine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
As he’s spoken to audiences of government officials, diplomats, academics and journalists, Dans — who wears his Arctic commission lapel pin and exudes a professorial air — has also waded into foreign policy.
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026
Patrice is model beautiful and always wears her thick black hair slicked back and pulled tight into a low ponytail.
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
He wore a dark hoodie cinched around his face and a rubber mask that obscured everything but his eyes.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Standing on the sidelines, the 25-year-old girlfriend of head coach Bill Belichick wore a Carolina jersey that had been fashioned into a crop top and a bedazzled football purse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
He wore a leather vest with a Russian tricolor, participated in the groups’ publicity stunts and met another boxing aficionado, Alexei Rubezhnoy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
He also designed the dress Miley Cyrus wore during her performance at the 2024 Grammy Awards.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
It was the guard we had nicknamed “The Snake” because of the shiny dress she wore.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
At this year’s Met Gala, a version of that 2016 bubble dress—called “Seijaku,” which means “serenity”—was worn by the Olympic freestyle skier Eileen Gu.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
The market is shaky because the nuclear euphoria of the pas two years has worn off.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
"When I played with Tomer, he prayed like this," he says, touching his hand to his back of his head to indicate a kippah, the small skullcap worn as a sign of Jewish faith.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
In the replies, Rupar’s followers posted photos of disability devices that are worn around the hips in order to assist people with walking.
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026
She used water from Anat’s bottle to wet the blending sponge and began to attempt re-creating the green-gray she’d once worn onstage.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
At the Sunday reception, the couple had their first dance, with Bettina Trump wearing her wedding dress, and ate a five-tier wedding cake topped with a miniature bride and groom.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
Styles' music played in the shops and staff wore ties to "dress up" like the artist, who often performs wearing the accessory.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
The lawsuit alleges people wearing the smart glasses were unwittingly transmitting data to Meta whenever they used Meta AI by saying “Hey Meta,” or sometimes accidentally when adjusting the glasses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
They are $125, and the website features a thoughtful banner image of Huberman looking at a phone while wearing them.
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026
The moment he says that, a guy who looks to be in his early twenties enters the rental room, wearing the same hideous uniform.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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