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
Ben Stones’s imposing concrete set includes the signature graffito, “I love you, will u marry me,” that was painted on a concrete bridge of the housing project in 2001 and became an unlikely Sheffield icon.
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2023
And the graffito on the bridge over it is being painted over by a man in a hard hat.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 14, 2021
The third century Alaxamenos graffito depicts a worshipper standing next to a donkey-headed man on a crucifix.
From Slate ● Mar. 29, 2013
Upon all points, therefore, our claim concerning the graffito is an ill-founded one; and it cannot be considered evidence regarding either cross or crucifixion.
From The Non-Christian Cross An Enquiry into the Origin and History of the Symbol Eventually Adopted as That of Our Religion by John Denham Parsons
On a street in southern Israel, a graffiti artist paints a mural depicting the filmmakers behind the award-winning documentary "NAZA".
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
“The ubiquitous graffiti had turned hostile. Wall Street was bust. Tourists were afraid to go south of 34th Street.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
On our way up here, we had passed graffiti flamingos on the sides of bunkers and on the path itself, but he had made no reference to them in his spiel about the island’s history.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
Five days after Lopez was arrested, Parchman photographed fresh graffiti on a wall near where Moore was killed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
Thick graffiti letters sprang from a swirly garden not unlike the one that surrounded them.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
