adorns

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Chavez’s name also adorns buildings and departments across California college campuses, especially those focused on Latino communities, Chicano studies and labor studies.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

The vice presidential seal adorns the wall behind the meeting table.

From Barron's • Feb. 28, 2026

It adorns an elaborate “Altar of Sin,” surrounded by classical statuary and shells.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

A fig tree adorns the ceiling in the hallway and birds fly up the stairs along the walls.

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2025

Small red and yellow flowers and a trail of ivy spill out of the basket beneath them, and a tiny model of the medicine wheel on a spike adorns the center of the arrangement.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam