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
Their theory also fit with an ancient graffito found in Puteoli, Italy, depicting a crucified individual, with a woman’s name, Alkimila, above a shoulder.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 8, 2023
The departure from type calls to mind an old graffito on the New York City subway: “Allen Ginsberg revises.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2018
The third century Alaxamenos graffito depicts a worshipper standing next to a donkey-headed man on a crucifix.
From Slate ● Mar. 29, 2013
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
Several neighboring businesses and apartment buildings were tagged, though McGee said the graffiti was cleaned up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
McGee came up in San Francisco’s graffiti scene in the 1980s, developing a visual language under the moniker Twist that included faces, liquor bottles and stylized screws.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 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
Israel's military told AFP that soldiers were dispatched to Mikhmas following a report of graffiti and arson at the mosque, as well as damage to a vehicle.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
As I stare at the graffiti on an abandoned factory with shattered windows, he takes my hand and squeezes it.
From "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" by Erika L. Sánchez
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