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Best known is the series of four giant John Trumbull paintings—12 feet by 18 feet—that depict important scenes of the Revolution.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Singaporean photographer Aik Beng Chia used an image generator to depict the lives of transgender people in the city-state's Bugis street, then known as a red-light district, in the 1970s and 80s.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
It would be unfair to depict Greenspan’s influence as invariably pernicious.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026
Reform leader Nigel Farage has called on X to act over a series of fake, AI-generated adverts which depict him fighting Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
But always, from the start to the finish, it was Bigger’s story, Bigger’s fear, Bigger’s flight, and Bigger’s fate that I tried to depict.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
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He took inspiration from paintings, including Alexandre Cabanel’s 1847 work “The Fallen Angel,” which depicts the devil after his fall from heaven.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
The 70-metre long, 11th-Century embroidery depicts in 58 scenes the events leading up to the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 - the moment that changed the country forever.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
One depicts the Buddha scrolling on a smart phone.
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
As children, cattle and lambs happily commune with bears, lions and wolves in the foreground, the background depicts William Penn making a treaty with Tamanend, chief of the Lenape Nation, and founding Pennsylvania.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
Because the carving depicts a man instead of an event, the date is generally thought to be the dead man’s name.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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“As depicted, the comments made in the video do not reflect the views or values of the IAM Union,” the spokesperson said in a statement Monday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
When Mao Zedong visited Moscow in 1950 to forge the Sino-Soviet alliance, Soviet propaganda posters depicted Stalin as slightly taller than Mao—a carefully calibrated signal of who was the elder brother.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
That is a real social phenomenon, by the way, but nowhere as farcical as it’s depicted here.
From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2026
From early in his career, Sarris wanted to depict Indians as he knew them, rather than as Hollywood depicted them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
But the many vividly depicted ceremonies in Mexica art and writing leave little doubt that it occurred—and on a large scale.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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This number includes coins depicting heads of state who were in office when the coin was originally issued, whether or not they were still there in 2024.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
Young lived in the Neath Valley and painted Welsh nature, depicting scientifically accurate birds and botanical specimens onto clay.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Click here for a graphic depicting differences and similarities in dementia risk across different countries.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 13, 2026
Hollywood has long been wary about AI, after a string of deepfakes — videos or images depicting celebrities doing or saying things they never authorized.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
It explained that an email had been sent anonymously, depicting a student in the mascot’s image.
From "Here to Stay" by Sara Farizan
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