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Recent Examples of graffiti
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.
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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
Fernandez was proposing to have graffiti-like murals on each of the six panels on the transportation center, with panels representing Burbank, Glendale and Pasadena.
—Anthony Clark Carpio, Burbank Leader, 27 Aug. 2019
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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
Fernandez was proposing to have graffiti-like murals on each of the six panels on the transportation center, with panels representing Burbank, Glendale and Pasadena.
—Anthony Clark Carpio, Burbank Leader, 27 Aug. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for graffiti
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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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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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Kick Kennedy also was featured in news reports about her father’s affinity for desecrating animal corpses.—
Martha Ross,
The Mercury News,
14 Feb. 2025
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The company says that Greenpeace included false statements in a letter to the company’s banks that asserted construction of the pipeline desecrated tribal burial grounds and important cultural sites.—
Jennifer Safstrom,
The Conversation,
11 Mar. 2025
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But even though teams and equipment have been flown in from other nations, they are hindered by the airports in those cities being damaged and apparently unfit to land planes.—
Time,
Time,
29 Mar. 2025
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Waging war on Denmark is wrong and will damage U.S. defense and foreign relations for decades We Americans should be ashamed of ourselves and of our government.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
29 Mar. 2025
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Teslas have been set ablaze with Molotov cocktails, riddled with bullets and defaced with swastikas.—
Kevinisha Walker,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Mar. 2025
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In Lynnwood, Washington, six Tesla vehicles were vandalized on March 11, including one that was defaced with swastikas.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
19 Mar. 2025
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Occasionally, someone would climb onto the roof from an adjoining building and steal or vandalize them.—
Julie Belcove,
Robb Report,
23 Mar. 2025
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If a site is damaged or vandalized, the group will repair it themselves, hoping to avoid an escalation into sectarian conflict between the Christian community and their Sunni neighbors.—
Chris Massaro,
Fox News,
23 Mar. 2025
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Typically, the Office for Civil Rights investigates a complaint and finds out whether a school or district has violated its obligation to serve students with disabilities.—
Kayla Jimenez,
USA TODAY,
22 Mar. 2025
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The latest case before the court involves Louisiana's congressional map, which was redrawn last year to add a second majority-Black district to comply with Section 2, but then was found to be a racial gerrymander that violated the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection Clause.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 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 7 Apr. 2025.
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