portrait
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Everyone wears white, and an enlarged portrait of Paul sits on an easel overlooking the quad.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
The total fertility rate of 1.57 is a snapshot statistic, not a portrait of any particular woman’s life, she says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
Folded into the cozy slide-show vibe of Magnason’s home videos and the carefully chosen archival footage, the movie plays like a scrapbook portrait in which home just happens to boast the grandest of backyards.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
This year, an empty chair bearing Ali Khamenei's portrait stood at the mausoleum.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
The glaziers had more intimate contact with the portrait than anyone else in France.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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