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tattoo

[ta-too] / tæˈtu /
NOUN
design on the skin
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NOUN
continuous drumming
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Carrington said he did not regret getting the original tattoo and he "wouldn't have done anything differently".

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

She also has a large leg tattoo that reads “dream until it’s your reality” that she got when she was 19.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 2, 2026

Seven people, he wrote, took him up on the offer, leaving the San Francisco event last weekend inked with a permanent tattoo.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

At least one image captures a tattoo of the name “David” in red ink on Hernandez’s finger.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 24, 2026

Gran kissed a finger and touched the tiniest mole on the back of Ella's neck, a kidney bean-shaped spot that resembled a tiny birthmark to most, or an unfortunate puffy tattoo to others.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

Beards can help cover up bad skin, weak chins, too-long or too-short upper lips, facial tattoos and more.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

“The job market cannot be this cooked,” one X user wrote, “that kids have to get permanent tattoos to get interviews.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

Only a mint green handbag and full sleeves of tattoos suggested that Gen Z’s reigning rock star had settled in to talk about his new album “Oh Yeah?”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

Wayne Joyce, director of The Reset Room tattoo removal service in Bristol, said he had noticed an increasing number of people coming in with micro tattoos wanting to remove them.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

The sheer scope and number of tattoos and piercings would have Mamma fainting.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon

Another man had a shallot tattooed on his forearm, suggesting either a career behind the line or an allium devotion I could not hope to match.

From Salon Aug. 4, 2026

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Ashton Lansdell is tattooed with reminders of her faith in herself.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 2, 2026

Jared Diaz, 35, has OpenAI’s and Codex’s logos tattooed on his wrist.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

He didn’t have skeletons just in his closet; he had one tattooed on his chest.

From Slate Jul. 7, 2026

The tattooed man held my bowler cap out to me.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

Buxton said the trend, which is often advertised on Instagram and TikTok for as little as £150 for a three-hour session, had been fuelled in-part by permanent make-up practitioners branching into fine-line tattooing.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

“People started tattooing ‘Dios Por Delante’ on their forearms and neck and that’s when we realized that this was more than music, it’s a movement,” Joel said of the impact of the latter song.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 25, 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

It stated that "tattooing is fundamentally a medical procedure, and its growing popularity does not reduce the associated risks".

From BBC Sep. 25, 2025

They scrubbed him so much that the arabesques of his tattooing began to fade.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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