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garland

[gahr-luhnd] / ˈgɑr lənd /
NOUN
strand of material, usually hung
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“If you had a tree or some garland with 1,000 lights, it might have 800. Things will just get watered down, and so you will be paying the same, if not more, for less.”

From MarketWatch Jan. 8, 2026

This year, for the first time, Pons is also trying to create a more festive atmosphere inside the store with holiday decorations, such as a garland at the checkout desk.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 6, 2025

Or why spend $30 on a holiday garland when you could make something similar out of shopping-bag cardboard?

From Slate Feb. 15, 2025

However, if they then garland them, I think the council needs to explain to them it's not their own and it's still the council's property and can't be used as a memorial with anything extra.

From BBC Mar. 26, 2024

Still, he was surely the bridegroom; I saw that his forehead had been painted, and he wore a marigold garland.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan

For the last year, “Gracias Gustavo” garlands have adorned the city, thanking Dudamel for doing just that during his 17 seasons heading the L.A.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

Decorating their soldiers with colourful garlands, hundreds of Afghans rallied in border provinces to decry Pakistan killing civilians and to show support for their troops battling at the frontier.

From Barron's Mar. 5, 2026

But this year, her living room is an explosion of colour, bedecked with foil stars, tinsel and homemade paper chains and ribbon garlands.

From BBC Dec. 20, 2025

And the extras that people load up on when they are feeling flush, such as wreaths and garlands and baskets, haven’t been selling well at all.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 19, 2025

So did the garlands of flowers with which the school auditorium had been decorated for the evening.

From "Forged by Fire" by Sharon M. Draper

From east to west, north to south, L.A. was garlanded with banners that read “¡Bienvenido Gustavo!”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

Boy wonder Ingebrigtsen, a year after winning gold in an Olympic record in Tokyo, arrived at the 2022 Worlds in Eugene expecting to be garlanded with gold again.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2024

The Hangar, where all five candidates would speak, was garlanded with flags.

From Slate Jul. 30, 2024

Samnite bronze head, a rare Waldesian Evangelical community and an ancient annual pageant with pagan roots that venerates a circular cane garlanded in wild cyclamen flowers.

From New York Times Jan. 22, 2024

Before the party had started a great log had been dragged into the center of the lawn and Jack, painted and garlanded, sat there like an idol.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding

Manjhiyain, who died last month, was just 15 when she was ostracised by her tribe - the Santhals - for garlanding India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru 63 years ago.

From BBC Dec. 13, 2023

And in 105- degree heat, hundreds of well-wishers leaned out from balconies, snapped photos and pushed forward to greet him, garlanding him with marigolds, pelting him with flower petals and offering sweets.

From Washington Post May 27, 2015

In between, the bridges to Brooklyn, garlanding the river with lights like diamond necklaces.

From New York Times Aug. 26, 2013

Photograph: Allstar/Universal Pictures; David James; Allstar After indulging Europe by garlanding The Artist last year and The King's Speech in 2011, the Oscars seem set to come home.

From The Guardian Feb. 21, 2013

On another wall was a framed photograph of Comrade Pillai garlanding Comrade E. M. S. Namboodiripad.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy




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