ornament
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The most meaningful one for her was an ornament workshop attended by several victims of the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
LeBron James is now a fancy hood ornament on a broken-down jalopy.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2026
Persuasion, he rightly believed, isn’t an ornament but the heart of republican leadership.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026
But, when Alison and Darren Unsted moved in next door in 2022, they decided the land was actually theirs, removed the plants and replaced them with the outdoor ornament.
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2026
Above her brow her head was covered with a cap of silver lace netted with small gems, glittering white; but her soft grey raiment had no ornament save a girdle of leaves wrought in silver.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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Devotees often bear offerings ranging from cash and gold to silver ornaments, generating a steady stream of donations.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
Saleh sometimes leads painting workshops where participants can decorate items like ornaments and lampshades.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
Mostly cheap, guilty pleasures, from coasters to Christmas ornaments to, yes, shelves of Starbucks mugs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
Represented by a blue‑skinned woman wearing feather ornaments, Gaitana describes herself as an environmentalist and animal rights defender.
From Barron's ● Mar. 8, 2026
The other day, for example, they went through a box of Christmas ornaments from the 1930s that Vivian had forgotten she kept.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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The chapel’s four dissimilar facades—essentially interconnected white surfaces, ornamented and perforated with markedly different patterns of windows and doorways—are topped with a gray, curvaceous concrete roof.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
The show begins with an extensive selection of luxury astrolabes, a technical instrument of engraved and ornamented metal plates and dials used for timekeeping, astronomy and navigation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2024
The title track opens the bilingual album, launching with RM repeating the album’s title over and over again in a deep, almost militaristic cadence — before exploding into asymmetrical production ornamented by his gothic baritone.
From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2024
Then it’s ornamented by a red and silver copter.
From New York Times ● Aug. 21, 2023
In the middle, in an ornamented sedan chair carried by four people, sat a woman, the mistress, on red cushions beneath a colored awning.
From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse
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Even as she sings about desperation and uncertainty, on “30” Adele’s voice is more supple and purposeful than ever, articulating every consonant and constantly ornamenting her melodies without distracting from them.
From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2021
Five musicians, including the Eagles’ Joe Walsh, take turns playing their own songs, and ornamenting each other’s with a guitar lick or vocal harmony.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 30, 2016
When ornamenting the glass after the beverage is assembled, Thomas wrote, “It is necessary to display some taste.”
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 2, 2016
Borders can be used in other unexpected ways, too, from edging flat picture frames and ornamenting mats to trimming stair treads and pelmets.
From Architectural Digest ● Aug. 8, 2014
Otto reproduced a number of the tattoos ornamenting the subject’s overmuscled chest, arms, and small and calloused but girlish hands.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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