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Recent Examples of wreathLiven up your front porch in record time with seasonal container gardens, a fresh welcome mat, and a front door wreath.—Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 May 2026 There’s a Christmas wreath station.—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 4 May 2026 Ronald Reagan visited Bitburg, Germany, in 1985 and laid a wreath at a military cemetery where World War II soldiers, some of them Nazis, were buried.—Al Shipley, SPIN, 4 May 2026 There, the royals laid a wreath and posy at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier to honor the fallen and the military partnership between the United Kingdom and the United States, but a problem was spotted with the Union Jack flag on parade.—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for wreath
In 1904, the red rose became the official flower of the Kentucky Derby, and by 1932, the current tradition of presenting the winning horse with a garland of red roses was born.
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Nick Canepa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Apr. 2026
Luhrmann has also unearthed some hypnotic clips of Elvis performing live in Hawaii in 1957, wearing a shimmering gold jacket, his neck ringed with a lei.
Palstave axes were designed with a side loop to be securely attached to a wooden handle.
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Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
16 May 2026
He can’t be named here without risking his loops at the club, but trust that his local knowledge includes which Delaware County bartenders reliably tally a light check and how to navigate every inch of Aronimink.
Although Detroit collapsed in the second round, the front office’s confidence in Bickerstaff, who signed a contract extension the day after the Pistons ousted the Orlando Magic in the first round, hasn’t wavered.
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Hunter Patterson,
New York Times,
18 May 2026
Fans take their own stabs pro bono, posting to Reddit their predictions for the draft’s first round, or their bespoke guesses for all two hundred and fifty-seven picks.
Power dynamics in your social circles are also exposed.
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Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
19 May 2026
The Avalanche forward wouldn’t say which current Golden Knights player is renting his residence in Las Vegas, but good luck finding a juicier subplot in this Western Conference Final than Roy’s full-circle trajectory over the past 11 months.