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garland

[gahr-luhnd] / ˈgɑr lənd /
NOUN
strand of material, usually hung
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“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

This year, for the first time, Pons is also trying to create a more festive atmosphere inside the store with holiday decorations, such as a garland at the checkout desk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 6, 2025

She proceeded to a second tall fence with razor-wire garland and a second buzzer.

From Slate ● May 2, 2025

One group of ash-smeared men, some naked and some dressed in just loin cloth or marigold garland draped around their necks, marched in holding tridents, swords and small two-headed drums.

From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2025

As I was about to leave, Chandra said, “If something happens, see that Hari has a garland of marigolds from me.”

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan

Relatives of the victims and those who survived the fire visited the blackened bar on Tuesday, some laying garlands and praying for the dead.

From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026

The Erawan Shrine remains a popular draw for Chinese and other tourists to the Thai capital, and dozens of visitors made traditional offerings of marigold garlands and incense as usual on Thursday.

From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 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

Chrysanthemums and Belle-roses adorn the welcoming foyer, creating garlands around marble pillars.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

From east to west, north to south, L.A. was garlanded with banners that read “¡Bienvenido Gustavo!”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

She hit the buzzer at the first high chain-link fence, which was garlanded with a spool of razor wire atop.

From Slate ● May 2, 2025

Boy wonder Ingebrigtsen, a year after winning gold in an Olympic record in Tokyo, arrived at the 2022 Worlds in Eugene expecting to be garlanded with gold again.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2024

Samnite bronze head, a rare Waldesian Evangelical community and an ancient annual pageant with pagan roots that venerates a circular cane garlanded in wild cyclamen flowers.

From New York Times ● Jan. 22, 2024

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

Networks pay out big salaries to be able to have the most familiar faces, the most famous names and the most compelling characters sit awkwardly around a low-slung table, garlanding the coverage.

From New York Times ● May 17, 2024

They could be seen garlanding the workers, embracing them and giving them sweets.

From BBC ● Nov. 29, 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

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


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