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stain

[steyn] / steɪn /




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Meyer Levinson-Blount, nominated alongside Oron Caspi for "Butcher's Stain," agrees.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

Stain painting, made with thinned oil or acrylic pigments soaked into raw canvas, was heralded as abstraction’s next big advance.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2024

The developers at Coffee Stain Studios injected some much needed levity into Opening Night Live with the gameplay trailer of Goat Simulator 3.

From The Verge • Aug. 23, 2022

Stain or paint wood floors: Blogger Lauren Comer, of Pinch Plate Party, stained a dark brown diamond pattern onto her laundry room’s plywood floor, a look Corona likes.

From Seattle Times • May 24, 2022

“Saint Johnswort, he’s called. No blooms yet; it's too early for him. But when he blooms, you can get a lovely brown from his blossoms. Stain your hands though.”

From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry




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