laurel
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At the center, resting on a plinth in front of a shallow niche and beneath a graceful valance of laurel, is French’s striking bronze portrait bust of Hunt.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
The Berlin T-Shirt shows a male figure wearing a laurel wreath.
From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026
As she sits at her piano, sunshine filtered through laurel trees, Karen Palmer is now at home — in her city and with herself.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2025
O'Neill has confirmed she has accepted an invitation and she will lay a laurel wreath at the Cenotaph on Sunday in her role as first minister.
From BBC • Nov. 5, 2024
“You see, a laurel needs rain to grow. I can’t do much about that. But I can keep that rain off a few musician’s heads, can’t I?”
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
Vocabulary lists containing laurel
"The Odyssey," Vocabulary from Part 1 of the epic poem
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"To an Athlete Dying Young" by A. E. Housman
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