tattoo
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Artwork by his son Naviyd is featured on the walls, while an enlarged drawing of a tattoo that Usher has on his chin has been turned into a decorative ceiling mural.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
Her forearm tattoo comprises geometric shapes symbolising different members and aspects of her family.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
In the portrait, Lobga sits a few blocks from the U.N. on the red-carpet steps of a pricey Manhattan restaurant and is seemingly drawing attention to the sizable Tibet independence tattoo on his right arm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
The tattoo even has a crown on it, strengthening her belief that she’s right where she’s supposed to be, debuting for the new Women’s Pro Baseball League’s Los Angeles Queens.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
Just before supper, Jackie called and told me she went to see Scrappy in jail and he got a tattoo.
From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor
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For outsiders, Hegseth’s attempt at this version of manhood, complete with bad tattoos and workout videos, is cringeworthy.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
Russians’ social media feeds filled up with videos of people biting into apples, lip-syncing to songs about apples and inking tattoos with the fruit that is the party’s symbol.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
The rumors were further fueled when one person commented that the musician’s signature hand tattoos were not visible in the video.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
Then we applied temporary cat tattoos onto our arms, channeling our inner teen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
Too many others had let their tattoos get infected, and that had taken them to the camp surgeon.
From "Prisoner B-3087" by Alan Gratz
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"Even 11 years ago, when I started getting tattooed, the hands, neck and face were called 'job stoppers', and a lot of artists wouldn't tattoo people in those areas," she says.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Or a new generation of candidates – tattooed veterans, mechanics, bartenders – whose biography is supposed to do the political work that policy has not.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
Indeed, my mantra through much of the decadeslong campaign had been—to borrow a phrase that at least one ardent activist actually tattooed on her arm—“There is no marriage without engagement.”
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Ashton Lansdell is tattooed with reminders of her faith in herself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 2026
He’d had a thin goatee line tattooed along the edge of his jaw.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
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The Welsh Government says it is monitoring the implementation of mandatory licencing schemes for acupuncture, dry needling, body piercing, electrolysis, tattooing and semi-permanent makeup and this "will inform any potential future extension to other procedures".
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
While he sported multiple tattoos, these days “people are tattooing their entire faces—and then having surgery to remove their lips and ears, so they look like aliens.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025
However, she warned that this sort of tattooing could be complex.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2025
She did have her tattooing equipment, she said, but was planning to ink a fellow tattoo artist, not to work professionally.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2025
But doing so would be like tattooing “I am up to no good” on my forehead.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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