decorate
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Serge's own artworks, including a distorted Count Duckula and a vintage apothecary cabinet, decorate the kitchen.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Saleh sometimes leads painting workshops where participants can decorate items like ornaments and lampshades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
It was probably commissioned by Bishop Odo of Bayeux -- William's half-brother -- in 1077 to decorate the new cathedral in his hometown, Bayeux, according to the tapestry's home museum.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
On a recent visit, it was hard to decide what was more surreal: the carved statues of snails, chameleons and turtles that decorate the church’s exterior or the circuslike scene around it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
The Lincolns had given the Fords enough advance notice for the proprietors to decorate and join together the two theater boxes—seven and eight—that, by removal of a partition, formed the president’s box at the theater.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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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
He decorates his apartment, pinning some Japanese prints on the walls, and he sets up a tiny studio—a “cubby-hole”—in the same building as his flat.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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Nike gifted her with a custom shoe, decorated with a graphic of the yellow Philippines sun.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
His Optimus Prime voice was inspired by his older brother, a decorated US Marine and Vietnam War veteran, who suggested he should play the character as "a real hero, don't be a Hollywood hero".
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
The Delevingne sisters decorated the 1955-midcentury property together before handing the keys over to Usher.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
One of them was El Camino Real’s decorated baseball coach, Josh Lienhard, who has guided the team to five City Section championships.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
I’m sitting in my usual place, fiddling with the loose string on the armrest, a throw cushion decorated with orange, blue, and yellow beads stitched in a pattern of repeated circles in my lap.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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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
And, most importantly, it encouraged consumers to get creative with other aspects of baking: shaping, frosting and decorating.
From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2026
In 1953, Angel’s brother Juan opened a burger-and-ice cream stand called the Snow Cap Drive-In, using recycled lumber and decorating every surface with bright colors and jokes.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
The 31-year-old from Arizona, who is attending Coachella for the fifth time, tells me "half the fun" of car camping is "all the decorating and having a cool place to come back to".
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026
“Are you sure you don’t need help with mixing red velvet batter, or decorating the cupcakes?”
From "From the Desk of Zoe Washington" by Janae Marks
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