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wears

  • present tense form of wear (3rd person singular).

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Cameron Bowman, a 38-year-old driver in Waxahachie, Texas, says he opts for the cooling baseball cap and keeps an extra pair of sleeves cooled and ready for when the first pair wears off.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 3, 2026

As the road wears over time, the particles that break away are made up of rock, asphalt binder, and polymer together rather than plastic by itself.

From Science Daily • Jun. 28, 2026

I left her a memo with all the instructions: Neither of us wears shoes at home, and I just asked her to leave my home as she found it.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 22, 2026

One woman wears skin-tight crime-scene-tape leggings, while a pair of best friends proudly show off their crime-scene-tape homemade bags - complete with blood-spatter fabric lining.

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2026

Not to mention that she’s wearing sweatpants that have seen too many wears, and a way-too-big T-shirt that says “I need vitamin sea” that I’m pretty sure is her dad’s.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam