decorative

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People should also consider using DEET-containing repellent on exposed skin and turning off personal water features such as decorative fountains for 24 hours once a week, according to the district.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

Meanwhile, I inherited a mortgage, along with several guns, broken exercise equipment, cabinets full of expired pills and 34 decorative fish.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed announced cuts to the decorative lighting that usually festoons government buildings, for both Independence Day on March 26 and Eid.

From Barron's • Mar. 9, 2026

The dark green in the decorative friezes, as well as the lintels and pilasters of the Palladian window, is newly accurate, too.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026

And those are the trailers with nice potted plants and decorative walkway lights that she’s looking at.

From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden