paint
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It was as if Everett had learned to write music by watching Beethoven or Bach or learned to paint by working with Monet or Cézanne.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026
The facade is currently getting a lick of new white and burgundy paint, financed by the sale of raffle tickets.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
Dining rooms are also getting overhauls with fresh paint and redesigned bars and booths.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
The man who did so much to associate the country with the red paint and horsepower explicitly avoided hiring his own countrymen after too many of them died in fiery wrecks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
“Grandpa,” I shouted as I darted through the door, “that paint pony has a bad cut on its leg.”
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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Never one to take his mediocrity on the chin, Waititi deflected the negativity outward, which, as we know, always paints someone in a good light!
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2026
His 10-year-old sister Pran sometimes visits their father in prison, and often draws and paints him.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Overall, the complaint paints a picture of a system sowing confusion and unease for nurses, teachers and other borrowers, many of whom have been working in public-service jobs and paying their loans for years.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
Similarly, while McKinney’s camp paints a lawman of singular personal ability, Roy supporters describe her as brilliant, driven, and eager to lift the best and brightest around her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
Just as he idealizes Caroline, he paints the Loyers as the perfect mother and daughter.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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Further savings were realized by leaving the wood exposed in much of the hotel interior, reducing how much drywall had to be hung and painted, Shay said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
Artist Steve Jenkins, who painted the piece at Skewen Memorial Park, said it was "important" and the "pressure was on" to get the artwork right for the community.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
Jimenez’s lawyers painted a wholly different picture of events.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
Andrews painted herself as a pragmatist, willing to work with national Republicans to score wins for South Carolinians.
From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2026
Just a heavy wood desk, a few armchairs, and that unblinking eye painted on the glass window.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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He liked to describe his compositions as “time canvases” and said his work was “between categories”—time, space, painting and music.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026
The familiar image of Europe as a vast, dark, unbroken forest may be deeply rooted in our understanding of nature, but millions of years of evidence are painting a very different picture.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2026
Monet was so disgusted by his country’s moral descent following the Dreyfus Affair that he stopped painting recognizable French subjects, concentrating for the rest of his life instead on his water lilies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
As I was painting it, and as I was being approached by people, it became apparent that her music is going to live on.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
As a poet he was not half bad, but painting was his passion.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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