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graffito

[gruh-fee-toh] / grəˈfi toʊ /


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“Thus, the monk drew a graffito of a cross onto the wall, accompanied by a prayer with which he was very familiar.”

From Washington Times ● Sep. 27, 2023

Last month I was able to solve the mystery of a graffito on an I-66 overpass that drivers have seen for decades.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 22, 2022

The graffito “Bringing you the streets of Derry ’72” was seen in London, Leicester and Manchester.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 10, 2019

The departure from type calls to mind an old graffito on the New York City subway: “Allen Ginsberg revises.”

From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2018

On the wall on the right side is the following graffito, or inscription, scratched with some sharp instrument: IIX.

From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by T. L. (Thomas Louis) Haines

Restaurant owners who try AI food marketing sometimes encounter angry backlash, including graffiti at a San Francisco cafe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

The BBC has learned that Bilyk told police he was recruited into spraying the graffiti by a Russian speaker after being approached on the messaging app Telegram.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

On a street in southern Israel, a graffiti artist paints a mural depicting the filmmakers behind the award-winning documentary "NAZA".

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

Galicia wore a somber expression, as if still suffering from the shock, and he saw new evidence of trespassers, along with some fresh graffiti.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026

When he hiked past Lowell Park, saw the men playing chess at the park benches, saw the complicated graffiti on the side of one of the apartment buildings, he began to relax.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro


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