rubbings

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Similarly, a study published in May in the journal Communications Biology found that elephants form complex "sentences" through their various rumbles, ear flags, trunk rubbings and other actions.

From Salon • Jul. 31, 2024

Macie and his resident partner, Sophie Lynn Morris, also made Måla modeling dough casts of the fissures found on display furniture and crayon rubbings off the splintering cement floor.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 26, 2023

In 2016 graphic designer Marina Willer created a booklet of neon rubbings; manhole colouring books are available for people seeking mindfulness; and a Shoreditch company offers framed prints of rubbings for £80.

From BBC • May 14, 2021

It’s a sentiment Judy summed up in a poem she wrote to accompany her “Group” rubbings:

From Washington Post • Jan. 22, 2020

“Now those are some names you don’t see very often these days,” one of the chaperones, passing by and looking down at his rubbings, remarks.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri