decorate
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While the area may not have been his favorite, the Brolins certainly made the home their own, tapping celebrated interior design studio, Pierce and Ward, to decorate it with a traditional, baronial aesthetic.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
Signs in English, Mandarin, Spanish and Vietnamese decorate the classroom, reflecting the most common languages students speak.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
Serge's own artworks, including a distorted Count Duckula and a vintage apothecary cabinet, decorate the kitchen.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
All that’s missing is a Luther Vandross song to decorate the mood with romance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
After that, Mrs. Mackey told us we were going to decorate the bulletin board in the fellowship hall and it would be called Our Garden of Blessings.
From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor
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Rather, she takes a plain white bag and decorates it to the max — an “Easter basket of sorts,” as she describes the final product.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 2, 2026
What if Jesse decorates the house with toilet paper?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
He often takes to the field with painted nails, which he decorates to bond with four-year-old daughter Leila.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2025
But the epiphanic ding! hits her as she’s smoothing a Band-Aid onto her forehead wound, and considers the superhero that decorates it: the Incredible Hulk.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2024
Father takes a fingerful of blue icing and decorates Jenna’s nose, and she squeals.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
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The 40-year-old has had a decorated career, winning 12 ranking tournaments including the 2022 UK Championship since he turned professional in 2005.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
Trucks bearing the nations' flags began moving in both directions late morning, AFP reporters at the scene said, some of the North Korean vehicles decorated with flowers.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
“The data is there,” said Pan, speaking before a banner decorated with purple butterflies and the proclamation, “Black Mothers Matter.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
The space around him was decorated with the new car’s design elements, including samples of brass-effect anodized aluminum and “the impossible panel”—an aluminum body side shaped into five different planes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
The village square was decorated with a hodgepodge of greenery, flowers, and leafy garlands, plus a small birch tree the villagers had moved from the forest to the square.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack
I’m increasingly fond of decorating a table with the food itself.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
She also buys for pets and home decorating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
For the tourists' benefit, Vlkolinec puts on traditional craft demonstrations, from sewing folk costumes and gingerbread decorating to mowing and haymaking.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
Scotland fans visiting the city for the World Cup have been decorating its statues with bright orange traffic cones, much to the bemusement of locals.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
Now she decorating her brother with it like he a pig in a sty and I see that old disgust Miss Leefolt got for her own daughter.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
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