vandal
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SIASCONSET, Mass.— A vandal is at large on Nantucket, an island better known for gray-shingle cottages, boat shoes and billionaires.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
Often described as "elusive" and "secretive" by the press, the "guerrilla street artist" is a hero to some and a vandal to others.
From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2026
His ability to freely make art without being punished as a vandal by authorities could be hampered now that he’s recognizable as Gunningham, or Jones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
Officials asked the public’s help to identify the vandal, who was wearing all black and riding around on a bike with a backpack and a duffel bag, which they believed held a chain saw.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2026
He was quite a distance from where he last remembered having it—and in the opposite direction from where the vandal had fled.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
He joked it should be renamed after him and spent considerable time discussing Washington, D.C. construction projects and resurrecting conspiracy theories about monument vandals.
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026
How will vandals and rioters now be brought to account?
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
In this case, he blamed vandals for damaging the pool.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
“It didn’t peel off,” Burgum said during a July 5 CNN interview, insisting that vandals with boxcutters had caused the damage: “There were people literally trying to destroy part of the monument.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
No wild vandals could have been more thorough.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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