portrait
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Marcelo Peressim, 50, who owns a packaging company, came out to Flavio Bolsonaro's rally with a portrait of the candidate's father.
From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026
The internet is laden with Reddit arguments and academic examinations questioning Steinbeck’s portrait of her beastliness.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
Some argue that the Census Bureau data paints an overly dire portrait of elder poverty.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
The museum believes the woman in its portrait was a young enslaved woman from a Dutch colony in Guyana.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026
Over a million and a half people went to see the portrait in less than a couple of months.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
At the Nova site, mourners gathered in front of portraits both of festival-goers and security forces who died on October 7.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
"These are our heroes; the greatest children of Israel," said one police officer as he looked at portraits of his fallen colleagues.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
The portraits are placed under an elaborate, illusionistic ceiling topped with a trompe l’oeil oculus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
From there, he rose through the ranks of the company, taking charge of an office where his portraits and keenly observed caricatures of colleagues were prominently displayed.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
The dining room was large, and Sara assumed the paintings on the wall were portraits of the various barons and baronesses of Aisling.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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