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Recent Examples of tagger
San Antonio police have responded to 184 calls about incidents at the property over the last two years, including reports of suspicious people and vehicles and taggers scrawling graffiti on buildings, according to call logs provided by the department.
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Madison Iszler, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Feb. 2026
To thwart taggers, Caltrans put up fake ivy along a wall on the 101 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles earlier this month to stop the nasty vandalism.
—Jim Radcliffe, Oc Register, 30 Jan. 2026
Weeks later, taggers drew hate symbols and language on buildings in Little Village.
—Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025
The structure — dubbed the Graffiti Towers after taggers covered the trio of skyscrapers from top to bottom once construction was halted in 2019 — has become an eyesore on the city skyline that could embarrass the city’s global brand.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Madison Iszler, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Feb. 2026
To thwart taggers, Caltrans put up fake ivy along a wall on the 101 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles earlier this month to stop the nasty vandalism.
—Jim Radcliffe, Oc Register, 30 Jan. 2026
Weeks later, taggers drew hate symbols and language on buildings in Little Village.
—Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2025
The structure — dubbed the Graffiti Towers after taggers covered the trio of skyscrapers from top to bottom once construction was halted in 2019 — has become an eyesore on the city skyline that could embarrass the city’s global brand.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tagger
Noun
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Video showed the vandals, including one man waving a Palestinian flag, jump onto a yellow cab, shattering the windshield.—
Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
16 June 2026
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The former Cooley High School in West Detroit is scheduled for demolition, but vandals broke down a fence and forced open a door to get inside the building over the weekend.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
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After a police wrecker lifted the truck, officers found a further 11 bodies crushed beneath the iron rods.—
Adam England,
PEOPLE,
25 May 2026
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The next step for him is to make the jump into a consistent game-wrecker, even against NFL-level offensive tackles.—
Cameron Teague Robinson,
New York Times,
22 May 2026
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“Tagger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tagger. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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