ribbon
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A Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority invitation announced a ribbon cutting for June 12.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Far from staging the blue ribbon Ulster senior finals it will now only be able to host lower ranking fixtures.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
And she’s recently cut the ribbon on Café do Capa, an open-air capybara-themed stop along the cycling path.
From Slate ● May 27, 2026
Four larger cylinders sat on a rotating carousel, while four smaller masses were suspended inside on a copper-beryllium ribbon about as thick as a human hair.
From Science Daily ● May 18, 2026
As the eldest and already twelve, I feel too old to wear a ribbon in my hair.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
Wales cut Russia to ribbons with a breathtaking attacking display, racing into a 2-0 lead in 20 minutes.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Sarah Irani, 48, who wore tri-color green, red and white ribbons in her hair, said the cafe offered a unique space that differed from some older businesses in Westwood, nicknamed Tehrangeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
They should streak the salad lightly, creating ribbons of deeper gold without disappearing entirely.
From Salon ● Apr. 14, 2026
And then, the turn: each bowl is finished with a poached egg, ribbons of chard, lemon, aioli and toast.
From Salon ● Apr. 3, 2026
The sky was streaked with spiraling ribbons of smoke that rose from farmhouse chimneys and disappeared into the orange blaze of the sunset.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
Proceedings start in Jedburgh with the ribboned ball being thrown into a ruck of the two teams.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
Light jazz played from unseen speakers in a grassy landscape ribboned with walkways and dotted with drought-tolerant shrubbery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2025
From here, go anywhere you please: via ribboned dark greens and fried breadcrumbs, cherry tomatoes and a few pats of butter, tinned fish and a shower of fresh dill, ground lamb and dry red wine.
From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2022
The concrete base is ribboned with Murano glass tiles in white, gold and green, and a strip of these tiles runs up the front of the concrete, ivy-covered elevator shaft that bisects the facade.
From New York Times ● Feb. 18, 2020
At a bear feast, the bear’s skull was ribboned and set out on a good red cloth, spoken to, honored.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
While the two roads ribboning away from the intersection were easily identifiable, everything else in the frame had changed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2023
Every single part of the dress is made out of duct tape, including its striped ribboning, embroidered flowers, flowy sleeves and intricate lacework.
From Fox News ● Jul. 23, 2021
“So if you’re in a pet shop, do not call her,” Venus said, her arms and legs ribboning out like plains-state freeways from her shorts and tank top.
From New York Times ● Aug. 22, 2019
They joined forces, ribboning the state in the Airstream, blaring John Philip Sousa marches on their approach to every town “at a volume which would probably make people deaf.”
From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2016
And sometimes there were swirling eddies of warmth, a bit of sun-drenched water ribboning around her.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
