pencil
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The auction also features several of Monroe's personal make-up products, including lipsticks, blush and eyeliner pencil, which the auction company noted has continued to captivate people on TikTok hoping to recreate Monroe's look.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
Outgoing Chair Jerome Powell last year shelved an attempt to revisit officials’ “dot plot” exercise, where they pencil in where they expect rates to go.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
Featuring about 40 colored pencil drawings — mostly on real menus from L.A. restaurants — the whimsical show is a love letter to his Fairfax neighborhood.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
Writer Greg Stolze posted a while back about “some professor” who “put googly eyes on a pencil and waved it at his class saying ‘Hi!
From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026
By the time Ferdie was six months old, he had reportedly written his first spirit communication in pencil: “I love this little boy, God bless his mama.”
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
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