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“It affects us all,” said Hussein, 22, who lives and works near Sparkhill, a largely Muslim neighborhood in Birmingham, where Palestinian flags flutter above shops and festoon a nearby park.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

This spring, billions of cicadas across the eastern half of the U.S. will emerge from their multiyear slumber to festoon the trees and sing their loud songs.

From Slate ● Apr. 14, 2024

Filaments of dust and gas festoon this star-forming region in a new infrared image from MIRI.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2023

On Sado Island itself, where banners and posters celebrating the World Heritage nomination festoon warehouses and shop windows, residents say any debate about Korean laborers is beside the point.

From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2022

Flags festoon the theater’s heights, the red-and-gold pennant of Gens Taia snapping in the wind beside the black, diamond-emblazoned standard of Blackcliff.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

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

Then, Olafsson blazed into the sequence that climaxes with the celebratory festoons of the 30th and final variation, the Quodlibet, which joyously weaves together strains of melody.

From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2024

In the Quartieri Spagnoli, throughout Naples' historic centre, up to Stadio Diego Armando Maradona in Fuorigrotta and beyond, the streets are decked with blue and white festoons.

From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2023

With its tall ceiling, round arches, chandeliers and decorated friezes, plus its famed white glazed terra-cotta facade adorned with festoons, cornices and Corinthian keystones, the building certainly has the pomp of a grand museum.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 21, 2023

It was made of granite for strength and massiveness, but like so many other things in Iofur’s palace, it was decorated with overelaborate swags and festoons of gilt that looked like tinsel on a mountainside.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman

Smith makes treats like Skittles, gummy bears and pasta festooned with marigold petals, narrating each step in a baby-soft voice while wearing dreamy fits.

From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026

A block later I hobbled past the Justice Department, its facade festooned with a giant banner of Trump’s face.

From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026

Lisa Nandy, the Labour culture secretary, is speaking from her Wigan constituency which was proudly festooned with bunting during the late Queen's Platinum Jubilee in 2022.

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026

Within 10 years, the commercial districts of major cities were festooned with the new telephone wires added to the old telegraph poles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026

The lofty Hall of Ancestors was festooned with holiday banners and graced with clansmen from near and far.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord

Those included festooning the mansion with flags from the University of Houston, rival of Rice University, where Youngkin played basketball.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 17, 2022

This time around, many of the arrangements feel more fully baked into the songwriting, as opposed to festooning synths to straight-ahead guitar rockers.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2020

But many Philadelphians responded as if to the war posters festooning the city: They did their part.

From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2020

In two caves, researchers previously documented tens of thousands of bat bones festooning the floors and walls.

From Scientific American ● Aug. 31, 2017

A half mile away, she saw the paper festooning the trees and bushes in front of Finn’s house.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby