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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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Behaviors that are tagged as awkward or overly eager are shared and mocked.—
Ruth Oh Reitmeier,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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In the image, White tagged WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair in place of Trump.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
19 Aug. 2025
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When Melanson failed to comply with Lino’s instructions, Lino allegedly beat the older man with a baseball bat and then desecrated his corpse.—
Matthew Medsger,
Boston Herald,
5 Aug. 2025
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During the French Revolution, Louis XIV’s tomb was desecrated and his remains scattered.—
Helen I. Bennett,
Hartford Courant,
23 July 2025
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Hailey has an even rarer type of the illness, an extreme form of hemophilia B. That means bleeding inside his body could damage organs or tissue and quickly put his life at risk.—
Beth Warren,
The Tennessean,
21 Aug. 2025
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Driving through deep water can also damage a vehicle's mechanical and electrical systems.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Aug. 2025
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At the very worst, an immature 18-year-old makes a horrific decision on a whim to deface his or her torso with a tableau of repulsive images that could potentially cause medical complications later in life.—
Scott Liftman,
Boston Herald,
25 July 2025
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The artwork had just been restored on May 30 after it was initially defaced in April.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
9 June 2025
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For a time, trespassers commonly vandalized the bridge and marked it with graffiti, so Brown installed a siren and light system to scare them off, Fletcher said.—
John Tuohy,
IndyStar,
23 Aug. 2025
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More than 100 headstones and monuments, some of which date back to the 1800s, were vandalized and damaged at a Connecticut cemetery this week, according to police.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
12 Aug. 2025
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Ward was arrested again in August for allegedly violating his bail agreement on that charge.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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He was scheduled to appear in court on Sept. 2 for allegedly violating the terms of his probation soon before he was arrested alongside Rebecca in the current case, the court documents show.—
Christopher Damien,
USA Today,
28 Aug. 2025
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That’s 26 days or 19 days past when the turkey should have been trashed.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
12 Aug. 2025
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From tracker to trash Perhaps the saddest thing about Whistle trackers getting bricked—in addition to people's $70-to-$150 purchases becoming useless—is that thousands of GPS trackers and monitors will morph into e-waste in about a month.—
Scharon Harding,
ArsTechnica,
29 July 2025
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“Graffiti.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graffiti. Accessed 31 Aug. 2025.
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