garland
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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
When fall rolls around, they loop a simple garland of leaves around the bar—nothing fancy, just a whisper of the season.
From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2025
The image featured a smiling couple in formal attire under a clip art–style garland holding various baby-themed items, along with an email and phone number where I could reach them.
From Slate ● Jul. 16, 2025
The garland I was holding became an encumbrance, I felt I had been stupid to buy it.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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The sound of papel picado garlands ruffling in the wind — and an elaborately swirling marigold runway — welcomed corporeal and non-corporeal visitors to Victoria Jean Cruz Jimenez’s altar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
Many are framed by garlands of ripe-for-the-picking fruits and vegetables and assorted vegetation such as pine cones, a rare instance of still-life in sculpture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
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
For the last decade, 55-year-old Ponni has sat on a roadside in Bengaluru, the city known as India's Silicon Valley, making flower garlands.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
Bending over the glass, I stared around Saint Cecilia at the organ and all the painted angels and flower garlands to see if something of Grandpa would stare back at me.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
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From east to west, north to south, L.A. was garlanded with banners that read “¡Bienvenido Gustavo!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
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
"We didn't expect the whole village to come out and greet us. They garlanded us," says Mr Lakhan's wife, Geeta.
From BBC ● May 29, 2023
She stops winding, leaving me with my hands still garlanded with animal hair, and takes the cigarette end from her mouth to butt it out.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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Networks pay out big salaries to be able to have the most familiar faces, the most famous names and the most compelling characters sit awkwardly around a low-slung table, garlanding the coverage.
From New York Times ● May 17, 2024
They could be seen garlanding the workers, embracing them and giving them sweets.
From BBC ● Nov. 29, 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
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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