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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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Surveillance footage showed Martinez’s son and his friends tagging a laundromat while the father flashed gang signs at passing cars, the detective wrote.—
Matthew Ormseth,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2025
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Twins star Carlos Correa tagged him with a solo homer in the second inning.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
24 May 2025
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And the Germans entered forcibly, violating all that, desecrating it with their presence.—
Ann Goldstein,
New Yorker,
25 May 2025
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Crumb desecrated sleek American surfaces in a way that felt disturbing and profound, especially to the many young people also dropping acid.—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
14 Apr. 2025
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No one was hurt but the Toyota 4Runner the men were inside and another vehicle were damaged.—
Steve Henson,
Los Angeles Times,
28 May 2025
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The fire began on the third floor, severely damaging the entire level, while water damage affected the floors below.—
Samantha Moilanen,
Chicago Tribune,
28 May 2025
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Gannon, one of 80 or 90 agents assigned to the case, testified that serial numbers had been defaced from gun parts possibly so that law enforcement could not trace them.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
21 May 2025
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Although the Diocese typically purchases a vendor booth for Pride, Danielson says progressive faith leaders stepped up their support after a local rainbow mural was defaced in May 2024.—
Nico Lang,
Them.,
8 May 2025
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If people couldn’t pay the crippling fines for excess births—up to many times a family’s annual income—officials would vandalize their homes, knocking down roofs and doors, and confiscate furniture, cattle, and pigs.—
Barbara Demick,
New Yorker,
23 May 2025
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Nazis set fire to synagogues — including the one attended by Lowell and her family — and vandalized thousands of Jewish homes and businesses, igniting a wave of violence that killed nearly 100 Jews and led to the arrests and deportations of thousands more.—
Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
14 May 2025
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In Minnesota, leaders are bracing for the possibility that Trump will pardon Chauvin, who is serving concurrent state and federal prison sentences for murder, violating Floyd's constitutional rights and other crimes.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
25 May 2025
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The refrigerator was not cold enough and two cats roamed the shop, violating state food code.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
24 May 2025
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Decades ago, trash at the local landfill was an even bigger problem.—
Lesley Evans Ogden,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 May 2025
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Conservatives, who’ve theoretically supported fiscal responsibility as a defining principle, are trashing the bill, and Republicans for passing it.—
S.E. Cupp,
New York Daily News,
22 May 2025
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“Graffiti.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graffiti. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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