adorned
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Already in Algiers ahead of the historic visit, the atmosphere of an imminent celebration pervaded the air, with walls repainted, roads repaved and green spaces adorned with plants and flowerpots.
From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026
I still recall the promise of new-millennium digital iconography, when knowledge fused with access, and posters with images of kids surfing on textbooks down the information superhighway adorned school computer rooms.
From Salon • Apr. 12, 2026
When I approached the Garden Gate Cafe, where the brunch would be held, there was a whiteboard welcoming me, adorned with drawings of pink flowers.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
Far from the “wastelands” where these wading birds lived, urban women adorned their hats with showy feathers as marks of status.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
She liked, most of all, that in this place of affluent ease, she could pretend to be someone else, someone specially admitted into a hallowed American club, someone adorned with certainty.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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