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garland

[gahr-luhnd] / ˈgɑr lənd /
NOUN
strand of material, usually hung
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“If you had a tree or some garland with 1,000 lights, it might have 800. Things will just get watered down, and so you will be paying the same, if not more, for less.”

From MarketWatch Jan. 8, 2026

This year, for the first time, Pons is also trying to create a more festive atmosphere inside the store with holiday decorations, such as a garland at the checkout desk.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 6, 2025

She proceeded to a second tall fence with razor-wire garland and a second buzzer.

From Slate May 2, 2025

One group of ash-smeared men, some naked and some dressed in just loin cloth or marigold garland draped around their necks, marched in holding tridents, swords and small two-headed drums.

From BBC Jan. 12, 2025

Still, he was surely the bridegroom; I saw that his forehead had been painted, and he wore a marigold garland.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan

For the last year, “Gracias Gustavo” garlands have adorned the city, thanking Dudamel for doing just that during his 17 seasons heading the L.A.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

Relatives of the victims and those who survived the fire visited the blackened bar on Tuesday, some laying garlands and praying for the dead.

From Barron's Jul. 14, 2026

Tinsel, foil garlands, multi-coloured floral lights and a lounge that looks like Christmas threw up all over it are making a return.

From BBC Dec. 20, 2025

And the extras that people load up on when they are feeling flush, such as wreaths and garlands and baskets, haven’t been selling well at all.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 19, 2025

With her sister Iole she went one day to a pool intending to make garlands for the nymphs.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

Our streets are garlanded with “Gracias, Gustavo” banners and billboards.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 3, 2026

Boy wonder Ingebrigtsen, a year after winning gold in an Olympic record in Tokyo, arrived at the 2022 Worlds in Eugene expecting to be garlanded with gold again.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2024

The Hangar, where all five candidates would speak, was garlanded with flags.

From Slate Jul. 30, 2024

Samnite bronze head, a rare Waldesian Evangelical community and an ancient annual pageant with pagan roots that venerates a circular cane garlanded in wild cyclamen flowers.

From New York Times Jan. 22, 2024

Cabin two was more graceful somehow, with slimmer columns garlanded with pomegranates and flowers.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan

The village headman summoned her and said that by garlanding Nehru, she had become his bride.

From BBC Dec. 13, 2023

They hung a poster for Ms. Leiker amid the photos and flowers garlanding a security fence outside the shuttered King Soopers.

From New York Times Apr. 9, 2021

And in 105- degree heat, hundreds of well-wishers leaned out from balconies, snapped photos and pushed forward to greet him, garlanding him with marigolds, pelting him with flower petals and offering sweets.

From Washington Post May 27, 2015

Photograph: Allstar/Universal Pictures; David James; Allstar After indulging Europe by garlanding The Artist last year and The King's Speech in 2011, the Oscars seem set to come home.

From The Guardian Feb. 21, 2013

On another wall was a framed photograph of Comrade Pillai garlanding Comrade E. M. S. Namboodiripad.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy




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