blocky

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And the cartoonish portrayal of combat using childlike blocky figures helps to sanitize gritty images of war, helping it to get past social media filters—and pushing it far beyond Iran’s borders.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

The furniture company known for its Swedish meatballs and blocky “Kallax” shelving units has found a home inside the old Helms Bakery complex in Culver City.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

She painted colorful, flat, blocky, nearly abstract shapes, but often with a distortion or a twist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 10, 2026

A stone’s throw from the Brandenburg Gate, DZ’s stone facade aligns seamlessly with its blocky neighbors on Pariser Platz, providing little hint of its shocking interior.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

Anyone with eyes and a mouth and ears, someone more than just blocky words on a page left in her locker.

From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake