decorate

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One of the youngest sweet tooths is Matilda, six, who helped her mum Jasmin Gelsana, 36, decorate a store-bought cake, and who happily admits: "I'm a good eater, not a baker".

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

The ad shows a mother easing her young son’s nervousness about a new home by using Gemini to imagine how they’ll decorate it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

Photocopied drawings of jars containing the words I’m thankful for were distributed to everyone who wanted to decorate the tree.

From Slate • Dec. 26, 2025

As a kid rumbling by “the Joey P” in the backseat of my mom’s minivan, I never thought about what it really means to decorate a warship for Christmas.

From Salon • Dec. 24, 2025

She would buy books about motherhood and find a wet nurse and decorate the bedroom.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie