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paint

[peynt] / peɪnt /




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Inside the exhibition space, she uses a small painter’s brush to slowly paint the white walls red over the course of the show.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

Attacks on military and defence targets are not new, although previous acts of sabotage linked to Russia include more puzzling targets - such as an Ikea store and a Polish paint store.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

"She continued to paint until her final days, never setting aside her brush, and continued exploration of forever love and eternal soul," it added.

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

Visa and Mastercard shares notched their first record closes in more than a year, helping to paint a picture of sturdy consumer spending despite an array of pressures on American shoppers.

From MarketWatch Aug. 24, 2026

I made signs, posters, and notices in paint, marker, and crayon.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan

The Canadian goods facing new 50% U.S. tariffs as of early Saturday include construction materials such as cement, paints, plywood, medium-density fiberboard and particle board.

From MarketWatch Aug. 24, 2026

Nine-year-old Sebastian paints a portrait of his family home, unable to comprehend that it no longer exists after the powerful quake that shattered western Colombia this week.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

Dmitry Muratov paints a bleak picture of life in Russia for critics of the authorities.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

Does “Don’t Say Good Luck” skirt around the grim realities of cancer as cavalierly as it paints a Pinterest mood-board vision of high school?

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

He can only do this with oil paints.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

The very headboard of that bed sits in the exhibition; on it, Marquez painted fairy-tale creatures representing the lovers gallivanting across the woods.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

Greenaway, a former martial arts teacher from Poole, and Laver, his one-time flatmate and recently living in Ferndown, were both painted by their defence teams as playing a supporting role.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

She and her dancers arrived onstage painted in hot pink, the swamp princess’ hair fashioned into high pigtails.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 30, 2026

In cavernous, tomblike galleries, exquisite statuettes are softly spot-lit on stone shelves without labels, while images of deities painted by Rivera flitted across the ceiling above.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

She’s certain that “urban chicken enthusiasts” want funky painted coops.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

But Jane, who enters her office to an oil painting of her father, smiling kindly in a maroon armchair, is confident that Sol would have wanted his holdings intact for generations to come.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 5, 2026

Last September, Patricia Kadgien and her husband were charged with concealment and placed under house arrest after a search of her property initially failed to find the painting.

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and City Councilmember Nithya Raman took turns Thursday evening selling their environmental records — and painting starkly different pictures of the city’s performance under Bass’ leadership.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2026

A wider institutional assessment of the auteur’s career, which spans painting, design, music and film, is already coming into focus.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

Even so, when I finished painting the last of the doorjambs and caulking around the new sinks and tubs that Dad and Jonah installed last weekend, I was happy to be done.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam




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