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

In 1953 she began making rubbings of manhole covers, subway grates and other urban features, sometimes assisted by her friend Jasper Johns.

From New York Times • May 7, 2021

But Gogol is silent, his rubbings rolled up carefully like parchment in his lap.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri