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But the lack of adornments helps us see Tom laid bare.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025

What follows will touch on religious and mystical iconography — we’ll meet three lantern-carrying masked figures, for instance, with exaggerated, regal adornments as they herald a birth.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2025

Peak also explains that the silhouettes for most of the animals this week are plain black, "with no adornments or shading".

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2024

Two bird adornments made to look like they're sipping from the fountain flit about her shoulders, really driving home her Disney princess status.

From Salon ● May 7, 2024

Grimy brick tenements shifted in the corner of my eye, acquiring decorative statues and rococo stuccowork—the adornments of a European city.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros




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