adorn
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In the southern parts of the cities, closer to the border with Mexico, modest residential homes with green front lawns adorn along palm tree-lined streets.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2026
A giant guitar sculpture dominates the central square, guitar murals adorn walls and pavements and even the rubbish bins are shaped like guitars.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
Nailed on to adorn bedroom walls from Buenos Aires to Barcelona and be splashed across billboards the world over.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
How we adorn ourselves is extremely personal, even a little superstitious.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Beautiful flowers adorn the platters—roses, edelweiss, bloodroot, violets, laurels, and tulips.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
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Go for a stroll through Trabzon on matchday and it is Salah's face which adorns everything.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026
Working with the Kastrati family, a large Albanian business owner whose name adorns gas stations around the country, they put together a deal to buy land on the peninsula.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
The Disney character adorns her golf bag and is her driver headcover, and her fans refer to themselves as the “Flying Dumbos.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
It was Brown, a Rhode Island blue blood whose name now adorns an Ivy League university, who in 1790 financed Slater’s stolen ideas for a state-of-the-art cotton mill.
From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026
Through my contacts, a virtual layer of bright colors adorns the buildings, painting each one in the colors of their respective team.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
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A pin of the Mexican and U.S. flags adorned his lapel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026
At this cemetery, many graves are adorned with colorful decorations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 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
Roberto Carlos carefully carves a skull adorned with an elegant hat into a wad of deep purple paper 50 sheets deep.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
This was a brass sea horse, exactly like the ones that adorned most gondolas in the city.
From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke
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But then he saw it: a limited edition, three-wheeled Street Glide with a trio of ghostly eagles adorning its obsidian paint job.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
We would be sipping ice-cold spritzes at cafés overlooking the Mediterranean, frolicking down cobblestone streets lined with charming boutiques, and marveling at the frescoes and marble sculptures adorning grand cathedrals.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
Although I saw mostly Reform UK and Burnham signs and posters adorning the streets I walked, other parties are vying for votes as well.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
An attempt to impress the Chairwoman by adorning a space at the club in colonial chic backfires.
From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2026
Frankie nodded toward the skull-lamps adorning the walls.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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