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tattoo

[ta-too] / tæˈtu /
NOUN
design on the skin
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NOUN
continuous drumming
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Right now I’m really into Martha who is a henna tattoo artist, so I just get blasted with henna tattoos.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

"But when we showed them the body, one of the women realised it wasn't her husband because there was a tattoo on the arm."

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

A startup CEO recently got raked over the internet’s coals for bringing a tattoo artist to a party and offering job interviews to anyone willing to get inked.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Artwork by his son Naviyd is featured on the walls, while an enlarged drawing of a tattoo that Usher has on his chin has been turned into a decorative ceiling mural.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026

Who could believe he would ever need his wretched tattoo?

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat

Even today, some older men bear facial tattoos associated with the Konyaks' historical practice of headhunting.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

In the popular imagination, a Viking is tall, broad-shouldered man who wields a sword, and might have a modern haircut like a skin fade or lots of tattoos.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

Los Angeles-area Bookstagrammer Michelle Grondine, 40, is inked with five “Bunny”-inspired tattoos.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

Covered in tattoos, with his hair in a long braid, 35-year-old Australian DJ and former boy-band member Lenny Pearce looks more like an all-night raver than a children’s host.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

If the girls and I are lunch friends now, we’re probably on track for tasteful matching BFF tattoos by next week.

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

Dr Konyak points to explorers, colonial officials, missionaries and photographers drawn to tattooed faces, ornaments, weapons and headhunting, while the lives behind them often receded from view.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

A blue-haired hipster and her tattooed companion walked past, cotton candy in hand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Or a new generation of candidates – tattooed veterans, mechanics, bartenders – whose biography is supposed to do the political work that policy has not.

From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026

Almost an hour into the conversation, the comedian reveals that he has Joan Didion’s author photo tattooed on his chest.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

“It’s no tattooed baby,” Louella said, “It’s my little brother.”

From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson

“You’re not tattooing your face. You’re painting your walls,” she says as a way to encourage others to experiment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026

Ruben said having his eyebrows micro-bladed - a semi-permanent cosmetic tattooing technique that shaped and filled them - had reduced his urge to pull the hairs.

From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026

While he sported multiple tattoos, these days “people are tattooing their entire faces—and then having surgery to remove their lips and ears, so they look like aliens.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025

The scans revealed "intricate crisp and uniform" tattooing that could not be seen with the naked eye.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2025

But doing so would be like tattooing “I am up to no good” on my forehead.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir




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