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Recent Examples of graffiti
What parts of the dining room walls that aren’t obscured by supplies are graffitied with well wishes in English, Spanish and Mandarin, and taped with paper bills like a neighborhood bar.
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Amy Scattergood, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2020
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.
—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
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Amy Scattergood, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2020
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for graffiti
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Camp's repost of the image added the burning heart emoji and tagged Whipkey's account.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
13 May 2025
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This included climbers, who might, for example, tag their sponsor in climbing footage that features the sponsor’s product.—
Sam MacIlwaine,
Outside Online,
11 May 2025
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These things could be coincidental, or could, as the main character suggests, be the work of fairies upset that their pools were desecrated in this way.—
Deborah Treisman,
New Yorker,
18 May 2025
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The audit also noted a Jewish cemetery in Waterbury that was vandalized with more than 12 gravestones desecrated.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
22 Apr. 2025
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Without being able to urinate it out, like healthy people do, the ammonia would build up and damage first his brain and then his whole body.—
Karen Weintraub,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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Driving through deep water can also damage a vehicle's mechanical and electrical systems.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
16 May 2025
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Police also discovered that the children slept in cribs and defaced monsters and dolls were also found in their rooms, per El Mundo.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
1 May 2025
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As protests against Elon Musk's Tesla brand are sweeping the United States, one California man's sense of security is left shaken after a masked suspect was caught on camera defacing his family’s Tesla Cybertruck in the driveway of their home last weekend.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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Two cars belonging to state legislators were vandalized Wednesday in the parking lot of the Colorado Capitol, police said.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
8 May 2025
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His and several university officials had their homes vandalized.—
Jeffrey Schweers,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 May 2025
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Last week a federal appeals court upheld Sessions’ order to bring Ozturk back to New England for hearings to determine whether her constitutional rights, including free speech and due process, were violated, as her lawyers argue.—
Rodrique Ngowi,
Los Angeles Times,
12 May 2025
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That was when the makers, Epic Games, included a direct payment option into the app, which violated Apple’s rules.—
David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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Democrats are expected to trash the bill as a massive break for the wealthiest taxpayers.—
Lauren Peller,
ABC News,
13 May 2025
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Prince Harry is constantly in fight mode, battling personal crusades and publicly trashing the British royal family.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
13 May 2025
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“Graffiti.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graffiti. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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