ivory

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The florist-by-trade gestures behind her to hundreds of flowers contained in buckets — blue thistles, ivory anemones and calla lilies painted silver — all twisted and unfurling into the air.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026

And on an artefact called "adorant" from the Geißenklösterle cave in the Achtal valley, they identified rows of dots and notches on an ivory plaque showing a lion-human creature.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

The 'Adorant', a mammoth ivory plaque discovered in Geißenklösterle Cave in the Ach Valley, shows a lion-human hybrid figure and is covered with rows of dots and notches.

From Science Daily • Feb. 25, 2026

Another emblematic Sheinbaum choice was the dress she wore for her October 2024 swearing-in: a knee-length, ivory creation with embroidered wildflowers cascading down one side.

From Barron's • Jan. 2, 2026

The jacket, unexpectedly, was wonderful—old Brooks Brothers, unlined silk, ivory with stripes of peacock green—a little loose, but it fit all right.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt