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decal

[dee-kal, dih-kal] / ˈdi kæl, dɪˈkæl /


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And now the University of Tennessee will honor that special relationship with the singing superstar with a helmet decal to be worn by Volunteers players all season.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 31, 2026

When Bronner pulled up to company headquarters in his Tesla—a dragon decal along the side and a speckled mutt in the back seat—he was 30 minutes late.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 9, 2026

On Sunday, one of the ICE cars, a familiar white SUV from Terminal Island, was spotted with a new decal on its door: a bright-yellow “$8 Wash and Wax” sticker.

From Slate Oct. 27, 2025

Through the tear gas and dust, his family recognized Retes’ car and the veteran decal on his window.

From Salon Oct. 16, 2025

The Little Stinker decal did not bother me as much anymore.

From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez

Stickers and car decals featuring Wang Wang and her puppies have also been put up for sale on China's largest e-commerce platform Taobao.

From BBC Jul. 22, 2026

Searching the phrase on Etsy today yields thousands of products bearing the phrase, from T-shirts to window decals to letter-bead bracelets.

From Salon Jul. 7, 2026

France and Germany require vehicles traveling in these areas to have special decals to show they meet emissions standards.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 28, 2025

To celebrate the colorful little decals that keep Angelenos rubbernecking on the road, we asked locals and visitors to share their favorite bumper stickers.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 19, 2025

The streets were mostly silent and deserted that morning, but every now and then we’d pass a woman wearing curlers or a group of men in T-shirts with motor-oil decals, loitering in a doorway.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls

He retreats to his souped-up, eye-catching blue trophy truck with “Philly’s Own Reinvention Club” decaled on the side, and a stab of jealousy twists Sabrina’s guts.

From Slate Jan. 29, 2022

The agency said it has been unable to determine a correlation between decaled vehicles and lethargic diamond lanes.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 17, 2018

A yellow school bus belonging to their church sat nearby — ‘‘God Bless Honduras’’ and ‘‘Never Give Up’’ colorfully decaled across the windshields.

From New York Times Dec. 9, 2015

Bezzina’s van, a boxy 12-seat Ford, would look at home in a church parking lot if not for the knobby antennas on top and the route decaled in yellow across its doors: “Connecting the Future.”

From Washington Times May 31, 2014

Helmeted, buckled up and clad in a fireproof jumpsuit, he averages about 150 m.p.h. in his 670-horsepower gold-on-black Pontiac and is usually hotly pursued by a roaring pack of heavily decaled Chevys, Fords and Chryslers.

From Time Magazine Archive




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