adorn

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Some Iranian embassies have yet to hang portraits of him even though images of Iran’s supreme leader typically adorn most rooms.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

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

From Barron's • Dec. 23, 2025

At AC Milan's Milanello training base images of club legends adorn the walls.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 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