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Dubois set up a knockdown with a sharp double jab followed by a left hook, sending Harper to the canvas.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

Dick’s aim is to capture the glories of the region on canvas, but he also falls for Doris Owen, his host’s daughter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

The artist’s intimate 1929 canvas, from her first stay in New Mexico, seems to gaze up at a towering tree with awe and fascination.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

“Sinners” is a meditation on how the past’s crimes and terrors bleed into the present, rendered by a Black artist using a popular genre, horror, as half of his canvas.

From Salon • Mar. 13, 2026

Benches have been replaced by voluntary aid stations draped in beige canvas.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin