depict

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Lifelike meme videos have also been used to depict fictional Iranian military victories and even the strategic Strait of Hormuz reimagined as a cartoonish toll booth.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

Like others in the exhibition, she shared the convictions that the source of art was the unconscious and that the artist’s role was to reveal the unseen, not to depict the known.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 2026

Through "feel-good writing", they could depict the men and relationships they longed to see, but "can't have in real life".

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

“We are aware that doorbell images released earlier in the investigation depict a suspect in different stages of attire, including with and without a backpack,” the department statement said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

In fact, while many US history books depict George Washington as a heroic Founding Father and a surveyor too, Indigenous peoples do not think of him that way.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz