tattoo
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McLoughlin reassured them he's a huge fan of the games and has a tattoo of a Hunter's Mark - one of the game's key items - to prove it.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
At one party, a neighbor of mine, a tattoo artist who had no tattoos of his own, generously lent me four tufted beanbags in a demure oatmeal color.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
He’s shadowed a dog groomer, a radio show host and a ramen shop owner, and is reviewing requests from an airline captain and a tattoo artist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
In the process, Wilson meets other eccentric characters that share his passion of filmmaking but have their own interests, like clearing gum from a sidewalk, immortalizing a person’s tattoo after they’re dead, and music.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Somkit shrugged and rubbed his tattoo against the hem of his shirt.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
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As far as we know, he didn’t even have any tattoos.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026
Even today, some older men bear facial tattoos associated with the Konyaks' historical practice of headhunting.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
In the popular imagination, a Viking is tall, broad-shouldered man who wields a sword, and might have a modern haircut like a skin fade or lots of tattoos.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
Los Angeles-area Bookstagrammer Michelle Grondine, 40, is inked with five “Bunny”-inspired tattoos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
I once saw a man with devil horns surgically implanted in his head and tattoos all over his face.
From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin
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In the music scene, the tattooed Argentine MC Cazzu bridges Latin trap with goth visuals, channeling the shadows of South American political history into an unfiltered, dynamic persona.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
Within a single family, he says, a grandfather might be a former headhunter, his face still tattooed; two generations later, his grandson might play guitar in a rock band.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
A blue-haired hipster and her tattooed companion walked past, cotton candy in hand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Sally, reluctant though she is, immediately connects with the tattooed professor, even if there is a red flag or two waving.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
His skin was dark red and tattooed with blue wave designs.
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
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She said she was thinking of learning a trade such as tattooing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
Even if the choice of this outfit is that Wang is soft-launching his stick-and-poke tattooing side hustle, it’s still a conscious choice.
From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026
But he is standing tall at the plate, tattooing balls at the letters, double-fisting his follow-throughs and, importantly, generally showing discernment about the strike zone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
When he started tattooing in 2004, he used the pseudonym Sunrat Tattoo, and ran his first studio out of a basement.
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
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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