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garlanding

verb

present participle of garland

as in draping

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The three-layer cake was designed to reflect the structure of the reception room — fondant draped like the velvet draping on the walls adorned the sides of the cake, with edible pearl detailing.

— Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 17 Aug. 2026
Its medium weight feels substantial without being too heavy, and its 50 x 60 inch size is perfect for draping over a sofa or armchair.

— Better Homes & Gardens, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Aug. 2026

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Finally, on a Sunday night in January, Ricky Craig began stringing Christmas lights around the base of a vast, unidentifiable object—half of the storybook cottage formerly known as Pinky.

— Nicola Twilley, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2026
Instead, generative AI is stringing words together in a probabilistic way that closely resembles human writing.

— Roger J. Kreuz, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026

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Such liquid imagery makes sense for a man who made his name as a post-everything neo-expressionist by painting images onto shattered ceramic plates and festooning his super-sized works with surfboards and antlers.

— A.D. Amorosi, SPIN, 6 Aug. 2026
Her floor-skimming train shone like a thousand tiny diamonds, with champagne and silver sequins festooning every inch.

— Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 7 Mar. 2026

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Shares of Oracle have slumped 25% over the past three months on investor concern over mounting debt and credit downgrades, lagging its large-cap technology peers, which have gained an average of about 10% each, per Citi.

— Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026
The ecommerce upstart, which quickly outstripped legacy rivals like H&M and Zara in online apparel sales during the pandemic, saw its New York, then London, listing aspirations unravel amid mounting regulatory and political scrutiny.

— Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 25 Aug. 2026

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Within seconds of a leader walking into a room, a team reads and reflects the kind of energy that person is projecting.

— Tony Loyd, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Its market could now expand beyond agriculture, with Grand View Research projecting ammonia production to increase 58% by 2033.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026

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Local governments are also hosting matchmaking events for Korean singles, even dangling monetary rewards for couples who marry after meeting at the event.

— Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026
Third in the collection is Kylie, a frame that combines modern styling with Y2K influence that's finished with dangling silver charms.

— Kelsey Legg, ABC News, 27 Aug. 2026

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