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Kevin later gifts his new friend a turtledove ornament after learning the animals represent friendship and love.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

The most meaningful one for her was an ornament workshop attended by several victims of the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

In San Francisco, Anthropic fans wielded brightly colored sidewalk chalk to ornament the pavement outside of the company’s office with messages of thanks, laudatories such as “You are patriots” and references to Nelson Mandela.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026

Russian investigators have prevented a giant meteorite fragment being smuggled to Britain disguised as a garden ornament, the Federal Customs Service reported Thursday.

From Barron's ● Feb. 5, 2026

Jory's armor was blue-grey plate without device or ornament, and a thin grey cloak hung from his shoulders like a soiled rag.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin

Before the full-scale war, her small business made outdoor furniture and ornaments such as benches, flower pots and wash basins.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

Devotees often bear offerings ranging from cash and gold to silver ornaments, generating a steady stream of donations.

From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026

Saleh sometimes leads painting workshops where participants can decorate items like ornaments and lampshades.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

The display eclipsed the return of garden gnomes to an event so prudish that the lawn ornaments have been allowed just once before in its 113-year history, and only then because it was for charity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

My mother had brought the boxes of ornaments down from the attic, and we waited while my father fussed the lights on, and then we opened the boxes.

From "Orbiting Jupiter" by Gary D. Schmidt

The clock demurs, making a long, ornamented speech about how the other clocks would think him “too grand” if he became Prof. Ticky.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

The title track opens the bilingual album, launching with RM repeating the album’s title over and over again in a deep, almost militaristic cadence — before exploding into asymmetrical production ornamented by his gothic baritone.

From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2024

The credit as L.A.’s first known muralist goes to Einar Petersen, who ornamented mostly inside walls with historic, storytelling murals ordered up and paid for.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2024

Then it’s ornamented by a red and silver copter.

From New York Times ● Aug. 21, 2023

While a Stamitz mini-tune might be made up of a handful of notes, Haydn extended the phrase, testing the short-term memory of his listener, then coaxed a slightly altered or ornamented second phrase from it.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

In early cultures, beauty was magic, ornamenting the body as a way “to invoke ‘otherworldly’ powers,” as the British anthropologist Camilla Power has written.

From New York Times ● May 10, 2021

Five musicians, including the Eagles’ Joe Walsh, take turns playing their own songs, and ornamenting each other’s with a guitar lick or vocal harmony.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 30, 2016

When ornamenting the glass after the beverage is assembled, Thomas wrote, “It is necessary to display some taste.”

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 2, 2016

Borders can be used in other unexpected ways, too, from edging flat picture frames and ornamenting mats to trimming stair treads and pelmets.

From Architectural Digest ● Aug. 8, 2014

Otto reproduced a number of the tattoos ornamenting the subject’s overmuscled chest, arms, and small and calloused but girlish hands.

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote