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
Some argue that the Census Bureau data paints an overly dire portrait of elder poverty.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
There was a viewing of the portrait of Joe Biden’s autopen signature.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
“Primetime” presents itself as a story about Hansen’s callous quest for ratings and notoriety at the expense of his tact, but the portrait is unfinished.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
The US government told its officials on the Canadian border to watch for Worth smuggling the portrait into the United States.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
His first real break came when his peer and podcast co-host Johnson matched the painting’s partial signature to one scrawled on a pair of 1781 portraits in the Netherlands’ Museum de Waag.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 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
He tells me he is now spurred by the desire to assemble an archive specifically dedicated to the people — portraits of family and friends — who feel like home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Generations of Fowls glared down at him from classical portraits.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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