graffito
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“Thus, the monk drew a graffito of a cross onto the wall, accompanied by a prayer with which he was very familiar.”
From Washington Times ● Sep. 27, 2023
Last month I was able to solve the mystery of a graffito on an I-66 overpass that drivers have seen for decades.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 22, 2022
The graffito “Bringing you the streets of Derry ’72” was seen in London, Leicester and Manchester.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 10, 2019
Adding insult to injury was the appearance of a stenciled graffito — “It’s Like Talkin to a Wall” — across the section, with the same sentiment expressed in Arabic above and Hebrew below.
From New York Times ● Apr. 8, 2015
Not until the last half of the twentieth century would the graffito in English receive the kind of attention that had been paid it in England in the 1730s.
From The Merry-Thought: or the Glass-Window and Bog-House Miscellany. Part 1 by Guffey, George R.
Anti-guga hunt graffiti was sprayed on walls at NatureScot's headquarters in Inverness in February, and was followed by a rooftop protest in March.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
The original graffiti was quickly removed, and a mural was commissioned in its place.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
That pattern was important because it indicated that the carbon was part of the original pigment rather than contamination left by later graffiti, visitors, or tourist activity inside the cave.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
At one protest site in Delhi, graffiti captures the mood: "We do not have jobs. If you wipe this out, we will come back tomorrow".
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
“Hey. I’m having my bonfire soon. We’re going to have a fake scoreboard to graffiti and everything. You should come.”
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
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