graffito
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“Thus, the monk drew a graffito of a cross onto the wall, accompanied by a prayer with which he was very familiar.”
From Washington Times ● Sep. 27, 2023
Ben Stones’s imposing concrete set includes the signature graffito, “I love you, will u marry me,” that was painted on a concrete bridge of the housing project in 2001 and became an unlikely Sheffield icon.
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2023
Another possibility: Was the hillside carving an act of outsize graffito?
From Washington Post ● May 16, 2021
The graffito “Bringing you the streets of Derry ’72” was seen in London, Leicester and Manchester.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 10, 2019
Each bore a stamp on the handle; the smaller had also a graffito on the rim of the bottom made by a succession of little dots.
From Roman Britain in 1914 by F. (Francis) Haverfield
In one recent case in Texas, a subcontractor’s entire project crew of around a dozen men were replaced when that company couldn’t identify who had written derogatory graffiti about female employees, said Sheriff, Turner’s president.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
Delivery bots have been tagged with graffiti in Los Angeles, and there was even one botched botnapping attempt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
The viral moment was previously immortalised by graffiti artist Tee2Sugars on the shutter she was caught on.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
Its walls were daubed with red-lettered graffiti insulting French police and signed with the date of the riots, 17 October.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
In Jerusalem so much old anger floated around, echoed from fading graffiti, seeped out of cracks.
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
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