spotted
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The Japanese artist’s mirrored rooms, polka-dot patterns and spotted pumpkins were light-hearted, instantly recognizable works that served as outlets for her own personal struggles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Last year, an adult purple gallinule was spotted some 600 miles north at the Arcata Marsh and Wildlife Sanctuary in Humboldt County, state records show.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Kusama, instantly recognisable in her bright red wig and bold spotted outfits, worked well into old age from the psychiatric hospital in Tokyo where she lived voluntarily for the second half of her life.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
Things got even wilder once the film went into release: At a preview in California, a jeering audience spotted Warner Bros. executives and chased them out into the street.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
In the field just below him, to his surprise, he spotted a musk ox.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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