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The fight continued and Wilder pushed Chisora over in the fifth before landing after the bell in the sixth, while both men tumbled to the canvas more than once.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
Dick’s aim is to capture the glories of the region on canvas, but he also falls for Doris Owen, his host’s daughter.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
“Sinners” is a meditation on how the past’s crimes and terrors bleed into the present, rendered by a Black artist using a popular genre, horror, as half of his canvas.
From Salon • Mar. 13, 2026
They sort their waste into colorfully labeled canvas bags the company provides, and wait for a Ridwell pickup.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2026
The Wonder Dome was just a blank canvas.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.