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photograph

[foh-tuh-graf, -grahf] / ˈfoʊ təˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf /




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There are parts of the island you’re not allowed to photograph, “secure zones” consisting of dilapidated military buildings topped with ragged, sun-bleached Albanian flags.

From Slate Sep. 8, 2026

Ernetti produced an image he believed was akin to the Christ he witnessed, which was soon debunked as a close-up photograph of a wooden sculpture.

From Salon Sep. 7, 2026

She said the impact often began before a photograph has been taken.

From BBC Sep. 7, 2026

He yawned in his booking photograph, which showed the tattoos that cover his face and head: A “B” on his chin.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2026

From then on, both sides used aircraft to observe enemy troop movements, direct artillery fire, and photograph enemy lines.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman

We talked several times over a few weeks and I reviewed documents, including photographs and emails that weren’t in the Justice Department files.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 9, 2026

She’s shown her photographs at the Whitney Biennial and at this year’s Venice Biennale.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

Opened in 1960, it was Renoir's last home before his death in 1919, and also features many things that once belonged to him, including his easel and wheelchair, as well as photographs and personal letters.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

Sitting inside the shop her family has run since the 1800s -- its walls covered with family photographs -- Burns is proud to be part of London's East End community.

From Barron's Sep. 8, 2026

The president, Lieutenant General Alejandro Lanusse, received the two players, official photographs were taken, and Lanusse presented each with a beautiful marble board and a set of onyx chessmen.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

“Most of those girls didn’t survive the last century,” he added, recalling the feather-plumed performers he photographed backstage in showgirl attire.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

Both women had been nervous about being photographed but said the experience couldn't have been more joyful.

From BBC Sep. 7, 2026

Five days after Lopez was arrested, Parchman photographed fresh graffiti on a wall near where Moore was killed.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2026

This creature had actually first been photographed in 1992, by a professional herpetologist at the Western Australian Museum, who intended to eventually describe the species.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

This was inspiring, but dangerous: the police took the names and addresses of all the spectators in the galleries, and photographed them as they left the court.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

“I would rarely look through the lens when I was photographing people, because I did that once and it caused some conflict.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2026

The identities of the nine women and three men on the jury has not been made public, and the judge banned any photographing or filming of them to retain their anonymity.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

In curating the exhibition, Marquez began to look inward, painting and photographing herself in ways she never had before: through the lens of femininity.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

Instead tourists at sunlit picnic tables were photographing themselves.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

No one was on the street but a single tourist who was photographing the sun in the sky.

From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George




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