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Stenciled onto the adjacent wall next to an incongruously glowing sconce is eternity’s conundrum: “Heaven for weather, hell for company.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2022

Stenciled in blue on silver, the simple words “Doors Opening” are a portal to a new life.

From Washington Post • Nov. 3, 2021

Stenciled onto the wall, barely visible in the dim glow of computer lights, is a quote from Richard P. Feynman, the Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist:

From Washington Post • May 23, 2019

Stenciled markings, the photos showed, had been covered with spray paint.

From New York Times • Aug. 13, 2013

Stenciled on the side was a stylish logo, a red circle around yellow letters: PT.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles