painted

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He painted his first portrait at age 14 and was adept also in pastels.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

TicketData, an independent site which tracks major sporting events in the United States, has painted an intriguing picture.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

They can understand that it will be different now because it’s painted blue.

From Slate • Jun. 4, 2026

I saw “Grangeville” last year in New York and wondered if Hunter had painted himself into a corner, dramaturgically speaking, in prolifically turning out plays that can seem like claustrophobic scene studies.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

Though she’s wearing the uniform and boots, her fingernails are painted bright red, and her blond hair is styled in a perfect flip as if she’s just gone to the beauty parlor.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar