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photograph

[foh-tuh-graf, -grahf] / ˈfoʊ təˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf /




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Ms. Corn presents serious works, such as Gordon Parks’s arresting 1942 photograph of the charwoman Ella Watson standing before an American flag with a mop and broom.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Bader, 60, said he took out his camera and began to photograph the firefight.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

A seat at the table is too important to cede to whoever is willing to leak a photograph.

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

"Comedy legend fights off mugger", reads the Daily Star, alongside a photograph of comedian Paul Whitehouse.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

Behind the tree stands the boardinghouse itself, as accurate as a photograph but different from one, too.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

In the end, he left them a few sentimental mementos, some collectibles and old photographs.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026

Gallery visitors were careful not to step on the sprawling assemblage of photographs, drawings and artifacts scattered across the floor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

After examining video recordings and photographs of 75 meteorite falls, researchers identified seven stages that describe how these objects transform into meteorites.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

Robinson admitted hiring private investigators to take photographs of the home addresses of Dirnhuber and Young.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

The walls were covered with photographs of trees and birds and of Mom—pictures that Dad had taken.

From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis

Isik, who leads a consulting firm called Bosphorus Observer, photographed the ships, nearly all of which are under U.S. and other Western sanctions for transporting Russian oil.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

Both POWs were identifiable, as they had been photographed by South Korean media before their arrival in the South.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

For one assignment, he visited malls and photographed people riding escalators.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

For the past three months they have been experimenting with fava beans, which are photographed daily so scientists can monitor their progress.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

When the match’s venue was moved to Belgrade, Slobodan Milosevic, the president of Serbia, met Bobby and Spassky and asked to be photographed with the two.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

So she started photographing shelf tags and checking them against her receipts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

Winterich has found that photographing an object makes it easier to let go of.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026

"Brendan said 'don't worry about Naz, start photographing that kid in the corner. He's going to be bigger than Naz'. That was Daniel," Roberts said.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

Smialowski, who was photographing Trump's return to Washington from a rally in North Carolina, said he was watching carefully as the president appeared to be sitting in a different seat than usual.

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

Other deputies stood by the church door, photographing people as they came in.

From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman


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