decorate
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Why not decorate all of our college athletes like stock car drivers, covering them head to toe in logos for banks, tech companies, candies, soft drinks, sunscreens, insurers, hardware stores and ultraprocessed snacks?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
This year there was no baton relay across the Commonwealth but each of the 74 nations and territories was given a wooden baton to decorate.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
It was probably commissioned by Bishop Odo of Bayeux -- William the Conqueror's half-brother -- in 1077 to decorate the new cathedral in his hometown, Bayeux, according to the tapestry's home museum.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
Saleh sometimes leads painting workshops where participants can decorate items like ornaments and lampshades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
Sapphires decorate the slopes of her bright eyes.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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Rather, she takes a plain white bag and decorates it to the max — an “Easter basket of sorts,” as she describes the final product.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 2, 2026
Notwithstanding some clunky moments, Mr. Ansari not only engineers up-to-the-minute twists on the musty Hollywood angel movie, but decorates his story with clever dialogue and wicked observations about street-level existence in the City of Angels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
But the epiphanic ding! hits her as she’s smoothing a Band-Aid onto her forehead wound, and considers the superhero that decorates it: the Incredible Hulk.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2024
Take Saskia, from Bempton Grove in Hull, who - along with her two siblings - decorates their house inside and out on 1 November each year.
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2023
Father takes a fingerful of blue icing and decorates Jenna’s nose, and she squeals.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
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Cooper, a four-star commander who is one of the most decorated officers in the U.S. military, is a career Navy Surface Warfare Officer who has served in every military theater of operations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
One of them was El Camino Real’s decorated baseball coach, Josh Lienhard, who has guided the team to five City Section championships.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
In place of these decorated investigative journalists, Bilton and Weiss have assembled what the former reportedly referred to as “the Avengers of news.”
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026
Myanmar's Sai Zaw Thaike, a photojournalist with the independent Myanmar Now outlet, who was arrested in 2023, while covering the aftermath of Cyclone Mocha, will also be decorated.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
“Not the gingerbread you eat. Gingerbread is the name for the carving and scrollwork that decorated the hulls of pirate ships,” said Mom.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
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Their mostly anonymous work personalized mass-produced material by decorating dog tags and coins, and recycling debris such as discarded shell and bullet cases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
And, most importantly, it encouraged consumers to get creative with other aspects of baking: shaping, frosting and decorating.
From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2026
Department of Veterans Affairs External link, the holiday was established to honor fallen soldiers by decorating their graves with flowers.
From Barron's ● May 25, 2026
She works 50-60 hours a week running a business decorating customers' teeth with cosmetic gems, while taking on reception shifts, bar work, festival jobs and selling clothes online.
From BBC ● May 25, 2026
"We must have new neighbors; I'll have to drive up there with a housewarming gift; they may need some decorating advice."
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
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