portrait
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The result is an inspiring portrait of an enslaved man whose “relentless pursuit of greater liberty,” Mr. O’Malley writes, “pushed America toward those lofty ideals despite being disenfranchised.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
I ended up with this cool portrait and priceless memories.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
Compressing and occasionally revealing all that she has been through in “The Handmaid’s Tale” and before, what she manages to make Aunt Lydia is both Dorian Gray and his portrait.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
Within hours of her ouster, Bondi’s portrait had reportedly been pulled from the walls of the Justice Department.
From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026
Penelope nodded, for she had once seen a large and forbidding portrait of Admiral Percival Racine Ashton hanging in Lord Fredrick’s taxidermy-filled study.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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