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adorn

[uh-dawrn] / əˈdɔrn /


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A video from 2015 shows how, in Ojibwe tradition, dancers provide healing through the rhythmic music created, with every step they take, by the numerous cone-shaped bells that adorn their jingle-dresses.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

Maybe she was meant to adorn someone else for some other occasion.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

Despite the current trend, Tajik mosaic artist Dzhuraev wants to believe that "the time will come" when mosaics will once again adorn buildings.

From Barron's Apr. 24, 2026

Awards for outstanding cuisine adorn Rozafa's shelves and pictures of famous diners, including Priscilla Presley and Boris Johnson, line its walls.

From BBC Feb. 13, 2026

Other amusements later, with song and harping that adorn a feast.”

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

George Yount, whose name adorns Yountville, wrote of seeing 50 or 60 bears one day, and killing five or six of them.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

The same girl also adorns Banksy’s record-holding, $25.4 million “Love is in the Bin,” a work that was half-shredded when it first came to Sotheby’s in 2018 and was resold again three years later.

From The Wall Street Journal May 21, 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

It was Brown, a Rhode Island blue blood whose name now adorns an Ivy League university, who in 1790 financed Slater’s stolen ideas for a state-of-the-art cotton mill.

From Barron's Jan. 28, 2026

Small red and yellow flowers and a trail of ivy spill out of the basket beneath them, and a tiny model of the medicine wheel on a spike adorns the center of the arrangement.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

But all of that changed with “Yesterday,” which Martin adorned with a string quartet.

From Salon Aug. 5, 2026

The colorful aesthetic follows into the kitchen, which is adorned with sage green cabinetry, a wooden island, and state-of-the-art appliances.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

An annual dating wrapped party, where dozens of friends gather to see her yearly stats and snack on cupcakes adorned with cutouts of her exes’ faces.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

The Daily Telegraph features a photograph of Spain's team adorned in medals and holding the World Cup aloft, alongside a story that highlights the incoming prime minister's plan for a "new era of big state".

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

There were also precious stones, gold masks adorned with red and white feathers, and stone statues embedded with jewels.

From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho

There are no betting odds adorning the scrolling scoreboard.

From Slate Jun. 10, 2026

Housed in the Tower of London, the massive 106 carat stone is the star of Britain's crown jewels, adorning the Crown of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.

From Barron's Apr. 30, 2026

An attempt to impress the Chairwoman by adorning a space at the club in colonial chic backfires.

From Salon Apr. 23, 2026

The sight of him adorning an Adidas Originals tracksuit on the touchline was as surprising as anything else out of Parkhead this week.

From BBC Nov. 2, 2025

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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