festooned

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Within 10 years, the commercial districts of major cities were festooned with the new telephone wires added to the old telegraph poles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

Streets were festooned with purple-and-blue "Welcome BTS & ARMY" signs, referring to the group's fandom.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

One is festooned in SpongeBob memorabilia; another contains the rack on which a girl would arrange her outfits for the week.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

"Europe's security under construction" boasts the slogan on an eye-catching set of sleek black-and-white photographs, festooned across a scaffolding-clad church on one of this town's best known pedestrian boulevards.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

They were dirty and festooned with cobwebs and their faces were grim.

From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie