jack-o'-lantern
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There was also another complication for consumers expecting professionally carved chocolate: Packaging included in the court’s opinion labels the jack-o’-lantern image a “DECORATING SUGGESTION.”
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
His trophy had a jack-o’-lantern on it because it was Halloween.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2023
The aquatic jack-o’-lantern tradition is part of that.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 26, 2022
Leaving the stem intact helps a jack-o’-lantern last.
From New York Times ● Oct. 22, 2022
We passed one grave, a child’s, from which grinned a faded plastic jack-o’-lantern.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
That farm grows pumpkins on 500 acres, mostly for decorations like jack-o’-lanterns.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026
From jack-o'-lanterns glowing on porches to costumes ranging from the whimsical to the gory, Halloween is a time of playful scares, childhood memories and, of course, candy.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2024
Are those blazing jack-o’-lanterns on the road or did 5,000 pumpkins go up in flames on the 5 Freeway?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2023
I had gotten up early on that Saturday to hang orange streamers and balloons shaped like jack-o’-lanterns and black cats from my apartment walls.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 29, 2022
That’s how I pictured her home: decorated with skeletons and bats and eerie jack-o’-lanterns all year long.
From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney
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