crayon
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If you have ever used a "magic eraser" sponge to scrub away scuffs on white shoes or crayon marks on a wall, you have seen how powerful these cleaners can be.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 18, 2026
As seen in the exhibition, his Conté crayon drawings from these months informed his paintings, which pointedly eschewed any hint of the picturesque and also of Impressionist painting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 28, 2026
“I’m struck by that in a way the crayon or marker drawing is provisional — there’s no final form to it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2026
The suite is mostly through-composed, yet its harmonic palette invites creativity—“like a crayon box,” Mr. Ross told me.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2025
There’s nothing I love more than a new crayon.
From "The One and Only Ivan" by Katherine Applegate
Similarly, many school supplies are produced overseas, like pencils and crayons, which are predominantly imported from Brazil, China, Mexico and India.
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026
In other rooms, colleagues arranged pencil sharpeners, water bottles and crayons in patterns, recording with depth-sensor cameras.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
Rail insiders said it had not even reached the "crayons on a map" stage.
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2026
Picture being at a restaurant with a fresh activity kids’ menu and set of crayons.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 10, 2025
She draws until her crayons break and her paper rips.
From "The One and Only Ivan" by Katherine Applegate
Many families hung banners with crayoned, or painted, rainbows, with a hashtag mantra: “Tutto andra’ bene,” or everything will turn out OK.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 15, 2020
Taped to another wall are coloring book tear-outs of Odums’ drawings, crayoned in by young children who come here for art instruction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2020
In the 50th minute, as the crayoned cheeks began to run, Swiss forward Steven Zuber snapped a header to level the game at 1.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 21, 2018
A brightly crayoned Pollock's toy theatre pops up in its place, its flat proscenium arch festooned with pictures of the Cheshire Cat and Captain Hook.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 31, 2013
The youngsters were standing silently outside the courthouse, displaying crayoned signs urging equal voting rights, when the sheriff ordered them to follow him down the street.
From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman
Lately, those maps have come to resemble abstract art, or just crayoning gone wild.
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2024
Kraemer seemed to pause only once, when he beamed at an embassy employee crayoning the red-and-white flag onto cheeks all shapes and colors.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 21, 2018
Their bags were stuffed with nappies and milk for Riad, who is busily crayoning and crawling under the table while they talk.
From The Guardian ● May 25, 2016
After crayoning the wax onto your board you clip the paper to the iron so it's between the iron plate and your base.
From Time Magazine Archive
Because, with Maniac around, Hester and Lester lost their interest in crayoning everything in sight.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
