canvas
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Having rented flats, Dave had always filled these with house plants - but after they bought their first home in 2016, the garden with a large lawn gave him a "blank canvas" to fill.
From BBC • Jul. 1, 2026
The exhibit serves as a perfect canvas to include even more movie icons.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026
And Angèle is talented and well-known in Parisian beauty circles, but is beginning to feel that her canvas is the bare page, not a model’s bare face.
From Salon • Jun. 29, 2026
Vermeer offers a chase after clues by hiding as he seeks, blurring and defining as he moves our eyes around the canvas.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026
She shrugged and then scowled in the direction of a canvas bag near her feet.
From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen
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