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Also, we suspect that Adam Gelb has been wearing a bat costume at night to conduct citizen’s arrests of various burglars and henchmen.

From Slate • Jul. 26, 2025

She said she was ready to "ditch the wigs" she has been wearing for the past year, adding that "many people" in her life did not know she was undergoing treatment.

From BBC • Oct. 9, 2024

Senior Asa Turner recently had surgery, junior Kam Fabiculanan has been wearing a boot and junior linebacker Alphonzo Tuputala, UW’s fourth-best-graded defender, missed the Oregon State game with an injury.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 20, 2023

Carolina captain Jordan Staal has been wearing protective socks for years and is looking at more options to avoid getting cut.

From Washington Times • Nov. 2, 2023

He has been wearing the same clothes since Wednesday night, and they are now spattered with mud from his thirty-five-mile ride this morning.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly