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paint

[paynt] / peɪnt /




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The cameras compile license plate numbers and other identifying information, including make, model, paint color, dents and bumper stickers.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

Volunteers offered to give the empty properties a clean and a lick of paint, to make them more attractive to let.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

Sometime after Beata resettled her family in the Netherlands, Levine says she entreated Schultz to paint her daughter and her son Cootje, who had gone home ahead of the rest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 26, 2026

Walk around your property with a view to securing items such as fertilizer bags and open paint cans so that they don’t wash into storm drains, which flow to the ocean without treatment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

I described the hinge that never quite fastened, the edges that didn’t line up, and the paint that dried a little bumpy—so many imperfections that usually would have bugged me but didn’t.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison

Before Wang Cong faces off with her opponents, she dyes her hair green, paints her face white and draws a bright red grin from cheek to cheek.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

It’s been said that the São Paulo-based artist paints through the lens of memory.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Some argue that the Census Bureau data paints an overly dire portrait of elder poverty.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

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

Beowulf and Alexander stretched out on the rug next to each other, with paper, pencils, and watercolor paints nearby.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

The “2026 Postseason” decals had been freshly painted up the baselines that afternoon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

And as he surveyed the scene, he painted the picture of a day when the Trojans were back on top and the Coliseum was hallowed ground once again.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026

More broadly, the billionaire boss painted a vision of a future in which the AI agent becomes increasingly intertwined in our lives.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Butterfly Conservation said the painted lady was one of the standout species with 6,955 recorded in Devon and 6,033 in Cornwall.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

The door looks like it had once been painted a bright orange, only for the color to fade over the years into a weak brown that doesn’t match the rest of the cabin.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

On Wednesday, teachers were busy helping students with artwork in various stages of completion, including a painting of Boyle with a halo.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

It also included writings and a large painting of a forest made with tar, oil and feathers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

The BBC's Southern and Eastern Europe correspondent, Sarah Rainsford, had a close-up look at the painting in Rome.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

In this masterpiece of Japanese painting, Shōhaku visualizes his version of an old Chinese legend.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Every day after community service, I’ve been doing something with one of them, either building, posting on websites—Mom made a Facebook page for my coop business!—scrounging supplies, or painting with Liz.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz




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