adorn

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Some Iranian embassies have yet to hang portraits of him even though images of Iran’s supreme leader typically adorn most rooms.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

“Alien” and “Batman Returns” posters adorn the walls — at their facilities, Upside Down Productions, in Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 25, 2025

At AC Milan's Milanello training base images of club legends adorn the walls.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2025

Smaller versions are also produced by the city's craftsmen and adorn lamp posts, office buildings and homes across the archipelago nation of 116 million which is home to Asia's largest Catholic population.

From Barron's • Dec. 19, 2025

With the dragon’s broad horselike face and flattened body, it resembled the sort of zmeu that might adorn a medieval icon or tapestry.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros