decorate

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It was a heady trophy for a 13-year-old, presented to me at graduation by a rumpled legionnaire in a garrison cap decorated with military pins.

From The Wall Street Journal

The central staircase, marble with brass banisters, decorated with fresh flowers in summer and wreaths in winter, was missing treads.

From Literature

Ahead of Lunar New Year this month, Chinese households typically decorate their doors with couplets - a set of auspicious writings heralding health and prosperity in the new year.

From BBC

But his decorated manuscripts are kept abroad, at world-renowned institutions such as New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, the British Library in London and the Topkapi Palace Museum in Istanbul.

From Barron's

The most decorated alpine skier in history is aiming for redemption after her meltdown in Beijing, where she did not finish three races, including her two signature events, and failed to podium.

From Los Angeles Times