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tattoo

[ta-too] / tæˈtu /
NOUN
design on the skin
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NOUN
continuous drumming
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A cancer patient had the wrong part of their bowel removed during an operation after a surgeon mistook a tattoo for the site of a tumour, a report has said.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

And yet, not long ago, I felt the sudden impulse to tattoo her name on my arm.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

That tattoo and the social media posts -- which Platner explains respectively as the result of a misguided outing during his Marines days and dark post-combat rants -- highlighted the risk of running untested candidates.

From Barron's • May 3, 2026

A pig has a back tattoo reading “Go pig or go home.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

She didn't need to check for a tattoo to know it was him.

From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat




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