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as in smeared
to rub an oily or sticky substance over
the toddler delightedly bedaubed herself with her mother's makeup
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Adjective
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However, these seemingly gaudy detours end up retrofitted to Jude’s larger point about power structures in modern Europe as well, when the camera eventually pulls back to focus on specifics of the production.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
IndieWire,
16 May 2026 -
The furor has dampened the festivities of the normally high-camp, joyful, gaudy extravaganza, in which acts representing different, mostly European countries each perform a song, competing to be crowned the winner after a public and jury vote.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
15 May 2026
Verb
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But the pigment and gum are largely invisible, because harding and Upkett smeared them with white paint used by the Carnegie Museum to cover its walls.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
12 May 2026
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The Orbánists first ignored them, then smeared them.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
Adjective
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This is really a series of different phone designs, some quite radically different from each other, all unified by a garish sense of luxury.—
Dominic Preston,
The Verge,
1 May 2026
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Not because of the roving packs of teenagers or even the garish displays of overconsumption, but because mall architecture was high art.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
17 Apr. 2026
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One, a middle-aged Iowan who had painted his face to resemble a skeleton’s, introduced himself to me as Baron Raider.—
Dan Greene,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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And the lecture hall on that campus now features a large, ornate mural of a soccer ball being grasped by the hands of two people — freshly painted by the 2004 Morningside graduate as the city of Inglewood prepares to host eight World Cup games at SoFi Stadium starting next month.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2026
Adjective
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Many of Rio’s showiest restaurants are close by with tropical classic Zazá Bistrôt and Japanese Suibi close alternatives to the in-house Quitéria.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 May 2026
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Adored for its almost non-stop flowering, 'Rozanne' boasts showy violet-blue flowers, a unique color among hardy geraniums.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
19 May 2026
Verb
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Most modern non-toxic ceramic pans are actually aluminum or stainless steel pans coated with a thin spray-on layer designed to mimic ceramic’s slick, nonstick surface.—
Ryan Brennan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 May 2026
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Thus, entries at the show range from six-digit customs (above) to mopeds covered in glitter (below) to daily riders still coated in road grime.—
William Roberson,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2026
Adjective
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For those who know the play well, some of Mantello’s choices are most striking, especially the horror here of the famous hotel-room scene with a tawdry lover (brutally played by Katherine Romans), an act born of loneliness that destroys a father’s relationship with his son forever.—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
10 Apr. 2026
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Illinois and Chicago are high-tax, big-promise blue strongholds with long, tawdry histories of waste, fraud, patronage, insider deals and blatant corruption.—
Andy Shaw,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The movie stars Sophie Thatcher, Havana Rose Liu, Kristine Froseth and Charles Melton in a tale that begins at a swanky futuristic LA-like metropolis hotel.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
18 May 2026
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The vintage vibes continue in the hotel’s swanky lounge, which serves creative cocktails, local beers, and an impressive list of wines.—
Kristy Tolley,
Travel + Leisure,
16 May 2026
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“Bedaubed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bedaubed. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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