adorn

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Awards for outstanding cuisine adorn Rozafa's shelves and pictures of famous diners, including Priscilla Presley and Boris Johnson, line its walls.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

“Alien” and “Batman Returns” posters adorn the walls — at their facilities, Upside Down Productions, in Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 25, 2025

Blue ribbons symbolising the victims adorn the airport, while letters remembering the dead line the stairways.

From Barron's • Dec. 23, 2025

You can go crazy with string lights to create an enchanted tree in your backyard or adorn it with some creepy critters — snakes, bats, spiders…you name it — to amp up the scare factor.

From Salon • Oct. 30, 2025

Though it is from Ashima’s father, no drawings for Gogol adorn the margins, no elephants or parrots or tigers.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri