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The vandal surely didn’t mean to, but Wallace contends that he wound up uniting the neighborhood as never before.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

A recent inspection “showed damage throughout the Reflecting Pool, even in the middle of the pool, where a vandal would not likely attempt to peel the lining,” the filing said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

And yet here comes Simon Armitage, the poet laureate of the U.K., with his stunning new verse translation, not as a vandal of antiquity but as a lucid accomplice to its endurance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 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

Caroline doesn’t have a racist bone in her body, and she’s not a vandal, or any kind of evil person.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

In this case, he blamed vandals for damaging the pool.

From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026

The US president at one point claimed the pool had been targeted by "sick, deranged" vandals, and was "given a 300 foot long gash" by a blade.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

“The evidence is clear, vandals have repeatedly caused damage to the Reflecting Pool. Some of these acts were even caught on camera,” Burgum wrote on social media.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

The new 6th Street Bridge, hailed as a civic landmark just steps away, was promptly stripped of its wiring by vandals and now sits pitch black at night.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

Until Biafra won, the vandals would no longer dictate the terms of her life.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie