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Photos published on Sunday, May 31, show the happy couple in their wedding finery, leaving Old Marylebone Town Hall hand in hand a day earlier and being pelted with confetti.—
Kim Willis,
USA Today,
31 May 2026 -
But four times the talent means four times the finery, which was costume designer Molly Rogers’ challenge.—
Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
3 May 2026
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Kent & Curwen’s fall 2026 collection, which showed at Westminster School in London in April, was an ode to the posh English collegiate look, full of tennis and cricket sweaters, tweed jackets, and knitwear that sparkled with brooches resembling military regalia.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
23 May 2026
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In the pictures, Billy can be seen standing taller than his dad, wearing his graduation regalia.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
19 May 2026
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City leaders commended the bravery of the emergency personnel who performed the search during large surf, powerful currents and limited underwater visibility.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
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Andrew Johns, one of rugby league's greatest players, said the bravery Evans had shown would be encouraging for other people.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 June 2026
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What was the strategic benefit to the US of all this geopolitical trumpery?—
Peter Bergen,
CNN,
28 May 2022
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So will the border continue to vanish in the face of nativist backlash and a trumpery, gimcrack wall?—
Felipe Fernández-Armesto,
WSJ,
25 June 2018
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This one from chef Yotam Ottolenghi is basic with no frippery to speak of.—
Scott Hocker,
TheWeek,
26 Mar. 2026
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Source: Tolan Inside the fair, venders manned stalls selling sweets and giftable fripperies.—
Anna Wiener,
New Yorker,
9 Mar. 2026
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Swift did, however, take a slight sartorial risk, donning a whimsy, patchwork Erdem minidress with a corset and an unfinished bottom trim.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
10 June 2026
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That’s capped off with the gold trim colour and white shorts, all of which combines to make a delightful kit.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
10 June 2026
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For many Americans who don’t celebrate Christmas, sitting out the foofaraw while the whole country conducts Christmas consumption is an annual dose of alienation.—
Amanda Mull,
The Atlantic,
23 Nov. 2020
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No foofaraw: Of course a cleric—in Chih’s case, one who belongs to a holy order tasked with traveling the land and collecting stories—wouldn’t concern themself with gender.—
WIRED Staff,
Wired,
29 Sep. 2020
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Anchoring all this is Fiomona’s open-hearted and entertaining performance, deftly moving between emotionally heavy dramatic scenes and others full of gaiety.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
22 May 2026
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The night carried a distinctly American blend of violence and gaiety.—
Aidan McLaughlin,
Vanity Fair,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Gaudery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gaudery. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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