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[wair] / wɛər /








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She had to wear an electronic monitor on her ankle and was barred from leaving her home between 4pm and 6am.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Nunez warned that protesters would not be allowed to wear masks concealing their faces.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

Electric trucks weigh thousands of pounds more than traditional trucks, so their tires wear out faster and need replacing more often.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

To uncover those clues, the team combined several scientific techniques, including CT scans, 3D reconstruction, microscopic examination of tooth wear, isotope geochemistry, and pollen analysis.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

Once, when Anastasia was getting Sam dressed for bed, she asked him, "Do you want to wear these pajamas, Sam? The ones with teddy bears on them?"

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry

He sports a then-trendy hairstyle inspired by Horus and wears an amulet for health around his neck.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Flavio Bolsonaro wears a black shirt and shoulders a backpack as he disembarks the plane alongside his wife and two daughters, AFP observes.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

He wears the camera for five or six hours a day.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

“You know, obviously, there’s a certain legacy that comes with being a Laker big,” said Kessler, who wears No. 14.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

In fact, he wears no mantle even in the cold weather, only leggings and breechcloth.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

To investigate the connection, researchers analyzed data from 87,577 adults who wore wrist devices equipped with accelerometers.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

"He loved it, he loved it," said Jermaine Gibson, president of a neighbouring boxing club who wore one of the t-shirts.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

What do you have from “Back to the Future”? The loud yellow shirt I wore in the second film.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

“MCR’s performers nevertheless again wore the DCC Uniform” on Friday night during the band’s second Hollywood Bowl performance, the filing states.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

We spelled each other down to the continual clang of the cowbell and wore the dictionary out, looking up meanings.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

Military fatigues are worn like a badge of honor in Jerusalem’s historic center, where young recruits sling automatic weapons over their shoulders.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

No one in Angel City history has played in more games or worn the captain’s armband more often than Sarah Gorden.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

But this room’s premier attraction, from the same film, is the cape worn by Bela Lugosi as the movie’s title character and then kept by the actor for the rest of his life.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

It is lighter than current firefighting equipment which is designed for fires in buildings and not meant to be worn for a long time, the government added.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

“I’ve seen something like it before, but I’ve never worn such a fancy, newfangled thing. I’m afraid it might strangle me.”

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

Prime cameras showed him climbing into an ambulance under his own power and still wearing his pads.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

It comes after three students were caught wearing or possessing smart glasses during institution-administered essay exams at universities in Seoul.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

A walker wearing them is the equivalent of a grade-school violin player squeaking away on a Stradivarius.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

When she felt the hand, she said she took off the blindfold she was wearing and her husband said "get down" to someone.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

She’s heading to campus today, so her hair is straight and she’s wearing her professor clothes: black pants and a pale blue top with small silver studs in her ears.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison


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