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Customers are paying them hundreds—sometimes thousands—of dollars to festoon their homes with gourds of every shape and size.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2025

A UK-style red telephone booth sits on one corner, Norwegian flags festoon posts and staircases and a “Velkommen til Poulsbo!” mural and monstrous Viking invite day-trippers and weekend stays.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 28, 2024

Filaments of dust and gas festoon this star-forming region in a new infrared image from MIRI.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2023

Here, millions of butterflies festoon the trees in shuddering layers so thick it’s impossible to see the foliage beneath.

From Slate ● Oct. 11, 2022

“But I am not a fortune-teller,” he said, letting his head drop into a festoon of towel, and towelling away at his two ears.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

Since early Thursday, BNP backers started gathering in the capital, plastering the streets with banners and festoons bearing images of Rahman.

From Barron's ● Dec. 25, 2025

Then, Olafsson blazed into the sequence that climaxes with the celebratory festoons of the 30th and final variation, the Quodlibet, which joyously weaves together strains of melody.

From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2024

The whole city has been decorated in readiness for the party: blue and white flags and festoons hang above the narrow streets.

From BBC ● May 4, 2023

With its tall ceiling, round arches, chandeliers and decorated friezes, plus its famed white glazed terra-cotta facade adorned with festoons, cornices and Corinthian keystones, the building certainly has the pomp of a grand museum.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 21, 2023

It was made of granite for strength and massiveness, but like so many other things in Iofur’s palace, it was decorated with overelaborate swags and festoons of gilt that looked like tinsel on a mountainside.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman

Smith makes treats like Skittles, gummy bears and pasta festooned with marigold petals, narrating each step in a baby-soft voice while wearing dreamy fits.

From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026

“I said we deserve the right to look at other options,” Preciado recalled from his office, which was festooned with awards.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

In Havana's leafy middle-class Vedado neighborhood, pints at a dollar a pop were flowing at a watch party in a cultural center festooned with a Brazil flag and World Cup bunting.

From Barron's ● Jun. 14, 2026

A block later I hobbled past the Justice Department, its facade festooned with a giant banner of Trump’s face.

From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026

Over the samovar’s chimney, the waiter had draped a string festooned with bublitchki, small bagel-shaped rolls baked to a glossy sheen.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

The next morning, through their telephoto lenses and binoculars, the media could see green-and-white floral garlands festooning the South Portico, and — hmm, let’s squint a little harder — is that two officiants?

From Washington Post ● Nov. 20, 2022

Here it is 2021, and NBC Universal’s plan for survival in the streaming age now relies on Peacock, one of the new services festooning your TV app screen like medals on a dictator’s uniform.

From New York Times ● May 5, 2021

In two caves, researchers previously documented tens of thousands of bat bones festooning the floors and walls.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 31, 2017

“The Wake of the Whale” is just as complex as it shows a hurtling railway engine with a decaying cetacean straddling its top and ragged garlands of greenery festooning its cow-catcher.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2016

There were actual balloon arches and twisted garlands of pastel crepe paper festooning the walls.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer