Many of its stations look as though they were built for the tsars, clad in precious marble and adorned with mosaics, crystal chandeliers, sculptures, and gilded moldings.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2026
So, like many of the girls my age, my bedroom walls were adorned with posters of Britney Spears, the Pussycat Dolls, and the Spice Girls.
Fani, a Brentwood artist, considers her collection an extension of her art and has embellished some with Swarovski crystals.
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Iris Kwok,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Sep. 2026
However, some of the scenes are known to have been staged or faked, leading some critics to wonder whether other parts of the film were bogus or embellished.
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René Ostberg,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
4 Sep. 2026
The American walks into a meeting room in Las Vegas’ New York-New York hotel, dressed in bold pink tracksuit bottoms, with the WBC welterweight title belt draped over his shoulder, talking as fast as his fists fly.
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Chris McKenna,
New York Times,
10 Sep. 2026
However, my hands-down favorite was the new Apple Watch Hermès Series 12 (starting at $1,399), draped in radiant gold titanium.
Their lives were recorded in the form of hagiographies, stories of the saints, often ornamented with folkloric motifs, focusing on marvelous adventures and miraculous doings.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 July 2026
Its midnight-blue glass was by Waltersperger, and it comes ornamented with a sculpture of two inseparable birds by Desrues.
Court records show that former patients had their paychecks and bank accounts garnished.
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Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
8 Sep. 2026
Suckers for a touch of whimsy, the company’s window dressers once garnished a display inspired by the Garde Républicaine, a famous French cavalry division, with a pile of horse manure.
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