bedeck
Example Sentences
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The usually sleepy Laotian capital Vientiane has an uncharacteristic buzz, bedecked with flags and T-shirt vendors ahead of commemorations of 50 years of communist rule Tuesday, but for many young people history carries little weight.
From Barron's
Across the capital and many parts of Britain, shops and public areas are bedecked with Union Flag bunting and street parties are planned.
From Reuters
The fields around Mount Vernon are bedecked with horizontal rainbows.
From Seattle Times
Once access was opened, nuns and priests were among those who ran to secure a good vantage point, in a square bedecked with nearly 40,000 flowers donated by the Netherlands.
From BBC
A carpet of 38,000 flowers donated by the Netherlands bedecked the square for the most important and joyous date in the Church's liturgical calendar - commemorating the day Christians believe Jesus rose from the dead.
From Reuters
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