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Recent Examples of graffiti In New York City, antisemites graffiti the walls with Jew-hatred. — Mike Wagenheim, Sun Sentinel, 22 Dec. 2022 The announcement follows a weekend of protests in the United Kingdom, where on June 7, protesters tore down a statue of slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol and graffitied a statue of Sir Winston Churchill in London. — Mélissa Godin, Time, 9 June 2020 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. — 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 See All Example Sentences for graffiti

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Her fans and friends from around the world are encouraged to pay tribute to her on social media by tagging @DollyParton or by leaving a message here.

— Deborah Wilker, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2026
Earlier this month, a fan tagged Vinod in an X post hoping the new owner would put natural grass down at Lumen Field.

— Jonathan Jones, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

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The real end of Oak Street comes not from the feet and chompers of the dinosaurs but from a moviemaker who revives the idyllic 1980s only to desecrate them with wokeness.

— Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2026
Tribal leaders say construction will desecrate sacred sites, disrupt cross-border families and religious practices and permanently damage desert ecosystems.

— Michael Kunzelman, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of desecrate

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Maiquetía International airport, outside Caracas, was damaged from twin earthquakes on June 24 that devastated the country.

— Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026
The flooding inundated areas along the Trishuli River, burying some buildings and damaging bridges and roadways.

— Jon Haworth, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of damage

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SpaceX now has the dubious honor of being the first company to deface the moon, after a piece of one of its rockets crashed into Earth’s only natural satellite earlier this month.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 19 Aug. 2026
Preservationists, architects and historians warn that painting the 19th century facade would trap moisture, accelerate deterioration and deface one of Washington’s most important historic structures.

— Gary Fields, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of deface

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In its March 9 lawsuit, Anthropic alleged the government violated its right to free speech under the First Amendment to the Constitution by retaliating against its views on AI safety.

— Reuters, NBC news, 28 Aug. 2026
The administration is appealing a June ruling by a lower court that the ban probably violated the troops’ constitutional rights and cannot be enforced against those currently serving while the litigation continues.

— Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of violate

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The socialist government of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has been trashed by the opposition over the crisis, who accuse them of failing to act.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 28 Aug. 2026
Simpson even took the emcee’s mic at Love’s charity softball game in June to trash his quarterback’s ping-pong skills.

— Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026

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