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Its ornamental shell is both a home and armor.

When a bolt of lightning struck one of the ornamental stone eagles atop the stadium, Gibson reportedly said, “It may have been an omen that times were changing.”

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For me at least, I grew up associating the image of painted, beautifully ornamental nails with a way to show people I had my life together.

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The eggs had been blown - or hollowed out - meaning they only had ornamental value.

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A pass to “the Mansion” was an entrée to the Playboy lifestyle, with its hubba-hubba mix of famous men and ornamental women, a place where the word “swinging” was used unironically.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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