sprayed

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“When Ramírez needed a vehicle in Budapest,” Mr. Burke writes, “he bought himself a large Mercedes from an Arab diplomat which he promptly resprayed gold.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

Though Jaguar did not dwell on it, the car it had brought to a Monterey airplane hangar last month was the royal E-Type itself, since resprayed a bespoke shade of shimmering bronze.

From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2018

All executives had to trade in their cars or get them resprayed.

From BBC • Jul. 30, 2013

The Sweeney Nick Love Ben Drew, Ray Winstone Rather than upgrading the 1970s TV favourite, it treats it like a stolen car – to be stripped down, resprayed and erased of identifying features.

From The Guardian • Jun. 27, 2012

Then they resprayed themselves with the live cold virus and waited reverently for the sneezing to begin.

From The Coffin Cure by Nourse, Alan Edward