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adorn

[uh-dawrn] / əˈdɔrn /


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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

For example Queen Anne, a style, can adorn a worker’s cottage, a type.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Christmas decorations adorn most storefront bakeries, which stand as community anchors throughout Mexico City.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2025

Smaller versions are also produced by the city's craftsmen and adorn lamp posts, office buildings and homes across the archipelago nation of 116 million which is home to Asia's largest Catholic population.

From Barron's • Dec. 19, 2025

Gold rings adorn her fingers, and her skin is bathed in a bronze Glow.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas




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