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It was a "major achievement of national cultural policy," the official said, to get the "art of Akhal-Teke horse breeding and traditions of horses' decoration" added to UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage List.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
“It’s a decoration, because your system has to now fight the sugar while it’s trying to digest it.”
From MarketWatch • May 10, 2026
A study published in the Journal of World Prehistory suggests that some of the earliest known images of plants created by humans served a deeper purpose than decoration.
From Science Daily • Dec. 16, 2025
How you decorate the tree itself is also a matter of personal preference - some put on every decoration they can find, whereas for others it's a more refined exercise.
From BBC • Dec. 1, 2025
So far she is the only woman to have received the nation’s highest decoration for valor.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
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