paint
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Protesters shouted "Smells like a dictatorship", while police said some hurled bottles, fireworks and paint at officers as officers tried to take down the tents.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026
Taken together, the discoveries at Shanidar Cave paint a complex picture of Neanderthal life 75,000 years ago.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026
The hotel commissioned her to paint a 5-by-12-foot triptych depicting a thunderstorm brewing over the Hill Country.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
In the distance was a bronze statue of Louis XIV on a rearing horse in the majestic Place des Victoires, its stone pedestal stained by protesters’ splashes of red paint.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
Cars in their assigned parking spots; a stray cat, the one Michael had secretly named Tuxedo, slinking around the bushes; Mr. Mosley, the maintenance man, hefting a can of paint toward a vacant apartment.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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His 10-year-old sister Pran sometimes visits their father in prison, and often draws and paints him.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
As Mr. Thompson tries to untangle the story, he paints a biographical picture of the two men.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 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
Williams told the public inquiry: "A picture paints a thousand words - photos are ideal evidence."
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
This book paints with a broad brush, and as a result, many important issues have not received the attention they deserve.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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A slogan painted on a motorcycle taxi reads: "Christ loves you."
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
Thousands of polished stone axes and other tools have been discovered, along with finely made pottery, sometimes decorated with painted patterns.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026
In 1930 Grant Wood painted a double portrait of an unsmiling father and daughter standing before a house in small-town Iowa.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Lycett, who is also an artist and a fan of the viral video, painted the incident for his art exhibition at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
Or rather the portrait of you that Babci had painted almost eighty-five years ago.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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At the Bowers Museum, 2002 N. Main St., celebrates a free festival from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. with live music, dance performances, face painting, and family art projects.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026
Ivy Deng, who is doing a master's degree in painting at the Royal College of Art, said: "In terms of regulations, I don't feel protected about the fair use of my art."
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
But many denizens of his home state hated the painting, claiming that Wood was mocking them with his figures’ egg-shaped heads and sour expressions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Friedman pushed back on the notion that age was to blame, saying that explanation was painting with too broad of a stroke.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
Next, Lady Constance stopped in front of Beowulf’s painting.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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