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Fragrant blue-green foliage is accented by unique flowers reminiscent of hops, with papery, rose-pink bracts draping the plant all summer.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
27 Apr. 2026 -
The star's honey blonde hair was swept up into a twist at the top of her head with a long ponytail draping down and a few tendrils framing her face.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
9 Apr. 2026
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Obviously this team’s problems go deeper than the starting pitching, and several key offensive performers need to pick up the slack, but if the starters can settle down and start stringing some quality outings together, the Red Sox should be in good shape once the calendar turns to May.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
19 Apr. 2026
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Speaking of breathing, Cleveland is not happy to hear that Cunningham still has any breath in his lungs and implores Jamie to make an example out of him by stringing him up in the nearest tree.—
Lincee Ray,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Apr. 2026
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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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One of the strongest examples of this new trend is French designer Llewellyn Chupin’s Ritual of Adornment collection, which offered a strong contrast between the blocky furniture silhouettes and the delicate ornamentation festooning them.—
Adrian Madlener,
Curbed,
13 Sep. 2025
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The family documents describe comfortable lives and prosperous businesses blown apart by the war and the mounting Nazi menace.—
Andrew Silow-Carroll,
Sun Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
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Residents launched a fierce opposition campaign, packing city council meetings and mounting petitions.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
28 Apr. 2026
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The Dream are projecting revenue to double this year, with six games scheduled for State Farm Arena and a new big name, Angel Reese, now on the roster.—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
1 May 2026
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In addition, $300 million will be set aside for a child day care endowment fund — a sharp change from recent weeks when lawmakers had feared that the number could be close to zero because the state had been recently projecting an operating deficit.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2026
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Mother Nature must have designed fuchsias to flow from hanging baskets, with pendulous bicolor blooms dangling their ruffled skirts for hummingbirds to find.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
27 Apr. 2026
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Makar put Colorado ahead in the second, dangling just inside the blue line and firing a brilliant wrist shot through traffic.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Garlanding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/garlanding. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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