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Recent Examples of graffiti
In under a hundred years, Florence’s equivalent of a New York minute, the majority were bordered up, graffitied over, repurposed into doorbell posts, or completely covered.
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Erin Florio, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Jan. 2020
There have been at least 12 episodes since Nov. 6, including anti-Asian and anti-black slurs graffitied in residence halls and a swastika in a snow bank near an apartment complex where students live.
—Doha Madani, NBC News, 20 Nov. 2019
Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times More than 2,500 police officers patrol New York City’s subway, where crime is down sharply from the era of rampant violence and graffiti three decades ago.
—New York Times, 5 Nov. 2019
Fernandez was proposing to have graffiti-like murals on each of the six panels on the transportation center, with panels representing Burbank, Glendale and Pasadena.
—Anthony Clark Carpio, Burbank Leader, 27 Aug. 2019
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Erin Florio, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Jan. 2020
There have been at least 12 episodes since Nov. 6, including anti-Asian and anti-black slurs graffitied in residence halls and a swastika in a snow bank near an apartment complex where students live.
—Doha Madani, NBC News, 20 Nov. 2019
Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times More than 2,500 police officers patrol New York City’s subway, where crime is down sharply from the era of rampant violence and graffiti three decades ago.
—New York Times, 5 Nov. 2019
Fernandez was proposing to have graffiti-like murals on each of the six panels on the transportation center, with panels representing Burbank, Glendale and Pasadena.
—Anthony Clark Carpio, Burbank Leader, 27 Aug. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for graffiti
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To avoid biases in estimating residency, such as the tendency of sharks to stay in the Neptune Islands area or seasonal variations (e.g., the presence of long-nosed fur seals, Arctocephalus forsteri), the team tagged sharks randomly throughout the monitoring period.Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Fernando tagged him himself without making a single throw.Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
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And yet a joint biography is the only kind that feels appropriate; posthumously disentangling one brother from the other seems tantamount to desecrating a corpse, for Jacob and Wilhelm were ardently inseparable.Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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The third film sees David Howard Thornton return as the diabolical Art the Clown, who desecrates bodies left and right during the Christmas season.Michaela Zee, Variety, 14 Oct. 2024
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There were no injuries, but three homes were damaged in the fire, which began at around 9 a.m. near Pacific Coast Highway, Mayor Doug Stewart said.Phil Helsel, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Officials haven’t determined the number of structures that have been damaged.CNN.com, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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During the protest, some of the university’s historic sandstone buildings were defaced with graffiti.Ryan Macasero, The Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2024
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China, Russia and Iran could deface and take down election websites to feed unfounded concerns that votes are being tampered with.Sam Sabin, Axios, 25 Oct. 2024
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During the George Floyd protests, various D.C. monuments were vandalized, including the Lincoln Memorial and World War II Memorial, and protesters set fire to the historic St. John’s Episcopal Church in Lafayette Square.Conor Murray, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Later, around 12:10 p.m., a statue outside the synagogue was vandalized when a man wrote profanity on it with a marker, police told CNN affiliate KYW.Dalia Faheid, CNN, 24 Oct. 2024
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The law also allows law enforcement to issue a notice of noncompliance when autonomous vehicles violate local traffic ordinances.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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The Tariff Act of 1930 gives CBP authority to detain, further examine or seize goods that violate laws ranging from country of origin to intellectual property rights.Lauren Parker, Sourcing Journal, 5 Nov. 2024
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Analysis: Why trash in space is a major problem with no clear fix Sara Novak is a science journalist based in South Carolina.Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
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When the needles on the device dissolve, simply pop it off and trash it.Jenn Barthole, Glamour, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Graffiti.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graffiti. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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