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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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Those who want or need assistance can tag and set their luggage outside their stateroom the night before disembarking and pick it up inside the cruise terminal.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2025
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Maybe the club should have tagged the new stadium as the 'Wembley of Islington' and got the government to help pay for it like that tax dodging grifter in Monte Carlo is attempting up north.—
Amy Lawrence,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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The reception of the fourth season was colored by the lingering resonance of the Jan. 6 insurrection, by the still vivid image of American landmarks being desecrated by costumed citizens.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Apr. 2025
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Unruly tourists have caused traffic jams and public commotions, offended local sensibilities, trashed the environment, and desecrated sacred sites.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
28 Mar. 2025
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Their son and daughter-in-law, Cameron Bott, 35, and his wife, Diana, 36, whose nearby home was damaged in the tornado, initiated a discussion about starting a GoFundMe to offset potential insurance shortfalls in rebuilding the gas station.—
Tammy Ljungblad,
Kansas City Star,
9 Apr. 2025
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Previously, a fire damaged the building on Oct. 26.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
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Charging stations have been defaced and burned too, and local Tesla dealerships have been picketed, including this weekend in Burbank.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Mar. 2025
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The pressure builds until Eddie has a meltdown in public, shaking and threatening the kids who defaced his car.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
17 Mar. 2025
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Three buildings off Evans Avenue in the Historic Southside neighborhood — including an NAACP office and a predominantly Black church — were vandalized this week.—
Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Apr. 2025
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Multiple Tesla facilities have recently been targeted by perpetrators setting fires to vehicles and vandalizing buildings.—
Michelle Watson,
CNN Money,
14 Apr. 2025
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In legal terms, the lawsuits are saying oil and gas companies violated consumer-protection laws and committed common-law civil violations such as negligence.—
Hannah Wiseman,
The Conversation,
18 Apr. 2025
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In a series of lawsuits following the order, plaintiffs, including 22 Democratic state attorneys general and immigrant rights advocates, argued that Trump's order violates a right protected by the U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment: anyone born in the United States is a citizen.—
Terry Moseley,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
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Unruly tourists have caused traffic jams and public commotions, offended local sensibilities, trashed the environment, and desecrated sacred sites.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
28 Mar. 2025
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The motion added that eventually the woman’s home was sold and her belongings trashed — including her family Bible and her husband’s flag commemorating his military service with the Tuskegee Airmen.—
Cristóbal Reyes,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Graffiti.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graffiti. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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