adorned
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The city’s Columbus statue for now lies on its back inside a fenced storage facility, monitored by security cameras and adorned from head to toe with a strand of yellow caution tape.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
Inside an unassuming portable cabin in York, multicoloured prom dresses adorned with jewels and sparkles line the walls.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
On this particular evening, friends, family and photographers of Davis gather in Milgrom’s cozy gallery, its walls adorned with photographs, nestled together in slick black frames on either side of the room.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
It included biker jackets adorned with bejeweled crosses and, in the finale, a halter top that featured the Virgin Mary made out of a mosaic of jewels.
From Salon • May 17, 2026
She was walking with her mother, a bespectacled woman in a plum-purple dress, whose long, somber face was shadowed by a straw hat adorned with enough silk violets to plant a garden.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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