adorned
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At this cemetery, many graves are adorned with colorful decorations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026
Senegalese wrestling, known as "laamb", is performed bare-chested and in a loincloth, with the participant often adorned in "gris-gris", charms and amulets believed to offer protection.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
The 'hated, adored, never ignored' mantra regularly appears on banners at Old Trafford, while the club even released a clothing range that adorned the slogan.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
The former brilliantly evokes wistful teenage dreaming as a character walks through their high school, adorned by a yearning Caroline Polachek song and light-pink diary scribblings.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2026
She bought me another cake studded with icing flowers and adorned with my name in green letters.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
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