garland

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Unlike the soft, pliable versions of the Christ child in his early Madonnas, this is a monumental, muscular putto, using his strength to hold that garland aloft.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

“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

In the waters of Wilpattu National Park in Sri Lanka, a water buffalo emerges from a swim, its head adorned with a garland of floating weeds.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 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

Across the doorway a garland of mango leaves, symbol of happiness and good fortune, dry now and rattling in the breeze.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya