adorn
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Huge posters depicting Saint Toribio and Leo XIV adorn the walls of the town hall and the main church, where a piece of the saint's tibia is housed as a relic.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
In the southern parts of the cities, closer to the border with Mexico, modest residential homes with green front lawns adorn along palm tree-lined streets.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2026
The new name plaques adorn the wall of a long corridor and are displayed next to many images of prisoners dressed in striped shirts with shaved heads.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Americans of most political stripes unabashedly fly the American flag from their homes and adorn everything from T-shirts to trucks with the red, white and blue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
The first art objects were created not to adorn the body or decorate the cavern but out of an attempt to control or appease natural forces.
From "The Annotated Mona Lisa" by Carol Strickland and John Boswell
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Go for a stroll through Trabzon on matchday and it is Salah's face which adorns everything.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026
FlyDubai is the discount cousin to the United Arab Emirates’ prestige long-haul airline, Emirates, whose brand adorns stadiums and the jerseys of European soccer teams.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Abehsera said he struck a deal with local partners, an Albanian conglomerate called Kastrati, whose name adorns gas stations around the country.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
Chavez’s name also adorns buildings and departments across California college campuses, especially those focused on Latino communities, Chicano studies and labor studies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2026
His eyes land on a small, circular pin that adorns her dress.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
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Housed in a 1914 beaux-arts mansion, its stately rooms are adorned with pieces by Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Wassily Kandinsky and Otto Dix.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
The 'hated, adored, never ignored' mantra regularly appears on banners at Old Trafford, while the club even released a clothing range that adorned the slogan.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Sports commentator Yan cast doubt on whether the reputation of Mbappe, whose face has adorned drinks bottles and advertising campaigns in China, can ever fully recover.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026
The former brilliantly evokes wistful teenage dreaming as a character walks through their high school, adorned by a yearning Caroline Polachek song and light-pink diary scribblings.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2026
Posters, covered with a thin layer of dust, still adorned the tunnels.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
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But then he saw it: a limited edition, three-wheeled Street Glide with a trio of ghostly eagles adorning its obsidian paint job.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
“It was all appropriated guitar bodies which Lucien had then turned into wall sculpture by either painting or adorning them with bottle caps, glitter, tin foil, etc,” Powers wrote in Office Magazine.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
We would be sipping ice-cold spritzes at cafés overlooking the Mediterranean, frolicking down cobblestone streets lined with charming boutiques, and marveling at the frescoes and marble sculptures adorning grand cathedrals.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
An attempt to impress the Chairwoman by adorning a space at the club in colonial chic backfires.
From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2026
The halls are lined with floor-to-ceiling mirrors, reflecting the light of chandeliers adorning the ceilings, while the doorways to each private karaoke room are painted in glittering gold.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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