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• The cloth was raised over the plaque again so the monarch could do the honors.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 21 July 2023
• If Swayman is in net at game’s end, then Ullmark comes out to do the honors.
  — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Apr. 2022
• Who should do the honors and headline the 2024 Super Bowl Halftime Show?
  — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 13 Feb. 2023
• Kanye appears bearing a black suitcase, but steps back to allow his ex-wife to kneel to the floor and do the honors.
  — Vogue, 29 Apr. 2022
• That year, this girl helped to do the honors for Seattle Rowing Center.
  — Gus Garcia-Roberts, Anchorage Daily News, 15 July 2023
• When Summey's boyfriend Joseph fell ill, his brother Ronnie Parks stepped in to do the honors of providing the first dance of the night.
  — Kevin Ellis, USA TODAY, 23 Nov. 2022
• Jonathan Allen created them for the first event; for Sunday, Malcolm-x Betts will do the honors.
  — New York Times, 16 July 2021
• Daughter India Rose, 10, was there too, helping her mom do the honors.
  — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 6 June 2023
• Where tractors can’t go, horses or oxen might do the honors.
  — Sue Wunder, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 July 2022
• Judith Sánchez Ruíz, a former company member, will do the honors.
  — Siobhan Burke, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2022
• It was decided that Dunaway would introduce the nominees and then Beatty would do the honors.
  — Seija Rankin, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2023
• Céline Dion was set to do the honors last month, but the Canadian crooner was forced to postpone her residency due to severe muscle spasms.
  — Mark Gray, PEOPLE.com, 2 Dec. 2021
• The online shopping platform enlisted Christian Siriano, a longtime friend of Silverstone's, to do the honors of reimagining the iconic outfit.
  — Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 13 Feb. 2023
• Church policy previously allowed these lay leaders to do the honors for nonmembers.
  — David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 July 2021
• So who should do the honors of performing at his inauguration ceremony?
  — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 9 Nov. 2020

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024