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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

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

However, if they then garland them, I think the council needs to explain to them it's not their own and it's still the council's property and can't be used as a memorial with anything extra.

From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2024

Together, they made a garland of pinecones and chicken feathers, so pretty that Mama decided then and there that they had just created a new holiday tradition.

From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper

Decorating their soldiers with colourful garlands, hundreds of Afghans rallied in border provinces to decry Pakistan killing civilians and to show support for their troops battling at the frontier.

From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 2026

And the extras that people load up on when they are feeling flush, such as wreaths and garlands and baskets, haven’t been selling well at all.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025

Avery Colvert, who founded Altadena Girls in January as a 14-year-old, hung garlands and decorations around the 12,000-square-foot complex, beaming that what she’d built was at last open to the world.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2025

Her advice is "lights first, then ribbon or garlands, then large baubles, then smaller pieces."

From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2025

At the front of the room, a set of golden gazebos cluster to the left and right of the throne platform, each one covered with a canopy of flowers and garlands.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

The Hangar, where all five candidates would speak, was garlanded with flags.

From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2024

He was garlanded with praise from the prime minister down for what was seen as a brave act of statesmanship.

From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2024

They have the pulpy verve of Harlem’s crime fiction godfather, Chester Himes, combined with the literary heft of Whitehead’s more garlanded novels.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2023

As mourners sat beside garlanded photo frames of Yash and Raj on Tuesday, Raydhan Bhai pointed to Yash’s pet dog.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2022

There will be a big wedding where Kareem rides in on a white horse and I will be garlanded in gold and roses and jasmine.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

Manjhiyain, who died last month, was just 15 when she was ostracised by her tribe - the Santhals - for garlanding India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru 63 years ago.

From BBC ● Dec. 13, 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

In between, the bridges to Brooklyn, garlanding the river with lights like diamond necklaces.

From New York Times ● Aug. 26, 2013

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