adorn
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The new name plaques adorn the wall of a long corridor and are displayed next to many images of prisoners dressed in striped shirts with shaved heads.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
A giant guitar sculpture dominates the central square, guitar murals adorn walls and pavements and even the rubbish bins are shaped like guitars.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
His signature will soon adorn our paper currency — a presidential first — and his face will appear on coins.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
Maybe she was meant to adorn someone else for some other occasion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Abstruse calculations, geometric forms and algebraic terms, unusual correlations—all have been used to adorn the silliest drivel.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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Working with the Kastrati family, a large Albanian business owner whose name adorns gas stations around the country, they put together a deal to buy land on the peninsula.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
The vice presidential seal adorns the wall behind the meeting table.
From Barron's ● Feb. 28, 2026
It adorns an elaborate “Altar of Sin,” surrounded by classical statuary and shells.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
A fig tree adorns the ceiling in the hallway and birds fly up the stairs along the walls.
From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2025
“The first is buried with Papa, the second went to the grave with Mama, and the third adorns my brother’s hand. But I desperately want it for myself.”
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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Joint lead bookrunner and stabilization agent Morgan Stanley adorned its lobbies, elevator banks and turnstiles with SpaceX logos and pictures of Mars.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
Masterpieces woven from mulberry silk or pure sheep wool by artisans have adorned imperial courts, museums and luxury homes across the world over the centuries.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
A DJ performed from a podium adorned with pink disco balls, brands gave away protein drinks and powders and people competed in a pull-up-bar-hanging competition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 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
Even greater horrors adorned the walls surrounding us and were fastened by ropes to the ceiling above.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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“It was all appropriated guitar bodies which Lucien had then turned into wall sculpture by either painting or adorning them with bottle caps, glitter, tin foil, etc,” Powers wrote in Office Magazine.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
We would be sipping ice-cold spritzes at cafés overlooking the Mediterranean, frolicking down cobblestone streets lined with charming boutiques, and marveling at the frescoes and marble sculptures adorning grand cathedrals.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
There are no betting odds adorning the scrolling scoreboard.
From Slate ● Jun. 10, 2026
An attempt to impress the Chairwoman by adorning a space at the club in colonial chic backfires.
From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2026
Frankie nodded toward the skull-lamps adorning the walls.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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