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tattoo

[ta-too] / tæˈtu /
NOUN
design on the skin
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NOUN
continuous drumming
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"Even 11 years ago, when I started getting tattooed, the hands, neck and face were called 'job stoppers', and a lot of artists wouldn't tattoo people in those areas," she says.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

Carrington said he did not regret getting the original tattoo and he "wouldn't have done anything differently".

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

She also has a large leg tattoo that reads “dream until it’s your reality” that she got when she was 19.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 2, 2026

Zietz later called the offer reckless and offered to pay for tattoo removal costs.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

He turns and leans against the wall, his fingers beating a tattoo against the slats.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

For Rideaux, the tattoos have layers of meaning.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

Thirteen years later, Bauers has a beard, tattoos and is in his seventh major league season as the first baseman for the Milwaukee Brewers.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

Then we applied temporary cat tattoos onto our arms, channeling our inner teen.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

Dobbie has distinctive tattoos on both arms, including an image of two blue tiger-like eyes on his right arm and a blue and red Rangers tattoo on his left arm.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

There are countless tattoos, and yet they meld and flow into one design gracefully adorning her like an elegant, unusual piece of jewelry.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

"Even 11 years ago, when I started getting tattooed, the hands, neck and face were called 'job stoppers', and a lot of artists wouldn't tattoo people in those areas," she says.

From BBC Aug. 10, 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

Another man had a shallot tattooed on his forearm, suggesting either a career behind the line or an allium devotion I could not hope to match.

From Salon Aug. 4, 2026

The longtime CIA operative had exfiltrated the families of spies from the most repressive of Middle Eastern regimes and tattooed the word “ARGONAUT,” an homage to seafaring heroes from Greek mythology, across his right forearm.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

When we were showered and tattooed and dressed again, we were taken to our new barracks.

From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz

Just days before, South Korea's top court had overturned its 1992 ruling that defined tattooing as a medical act - bringing to an end Korean tattooists' decades-long fight for legitimacy.

From BBC May 29, 2026

Although banned at home, Korean tattooing took off globally.

From BBC May 29, 2026

“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

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

They scrubbed him so much that the arabesques of his tattooing began to fade.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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