portrait
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Nine-year-old Sebastian paints a portrait of his family home, unable to comprehend that it no longer exists after the powerful quake that shattered western Colombia this week.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Emblazoned on his outer forearm is a menacing portrait of Tony Montana from the 1983 film “Scarface.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Mr. Moral’s challenges regarding Spoto’s negative portrait cannot be ignored.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Published between 1983 and 2000, Skidelsky’s three-volume biography brilliantly presented a full portrait of Keynes as a thinker, a policymaker and, most engagingly, a man.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Beside that, there was a portrait of Lewis.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
He opens a folder and takes out a stack of large photographs: portraits of prisoners.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
His paintings, which look like a mashup of collage and stained glass, are immediate in their impact: Planes of saturated hues snap together in portraits, pictures of parties, and everyday scenes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
At the Zurbatiyah crossing, large fans sprayed mist to cool the heat as pilgrims passed portraits of Khamenei, his son and successor Mujtaba, and other slain commanders from Iran's so-called "axis of resistance."
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
However, there are still services today that offer “remembrance” or “bereavement” portraits for parents with children who have died.
From Slate ● Jul. 19, 2026
Enormous portraits of lost cities line the walls, with plaques revealing their names as Shangri-La, Avalon, and Shambhala.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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