For Uvalde, Caskets Adorned in Childhood Dreams

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For Uvalde, Caskets Adorned in Childhood Dreams
Just hours after the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas, Trey Ganem got a call that was all too familiar: Could he help create custom caskets for the victims of the massacre at Robb Elementary?
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Does "Adorned in Childhood Dreams" mean "adorned according to childhood dreams"?
 

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You've provided a link to a page that doesn't include the quoted text.
 

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The context in the OP is the executive summary on the homepage of the NYTimes.
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And NYTimes does not provide any further content or link.
 

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You can't link the story?

Usually, a casket will be adorned with flowers, or possibly pictures, or other decorative stuff. I guess she's trying to be emotionally evocative by talking about childhood dreams but it seems like bad writing to me. It's hard to say without reading the story.

I don't know why she's used the preposition in. It should be with.
 

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I would take it to mean that the caskets (generally coffins in BrE) will be decorated with things that give clues to the dreams of the children that died. There might be photos or possessions that give an indication of what their hopes for the future were.
 

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