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Daubed on almost every building in Odesa are lines of blue and yellow paint, the national colors.

From New York Times • Aug. 19, 2022

Daubed in white paint on the bridge that takes Groveton Road/Route 622 over the interstate is the message: BEN + NAN 4EVER.

From Washington Post • Jul. 13, 2022

Daubed on the skin, they said, it soothed not only the superficial pain of burns, but also the deep pain of crippling rheumatoid arthritis.

From Time Magazine Archive

Daubed with grease, Philip entered the forbidding water at Cap Gris Nez.

From Time Magazine Archive

One, two, three small steps she'd taken, Blissfully came little Minnie, When, poor darling! down she tumbled, Daubed her hands and face and pinny!

From A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker by Locker-Lampson, Hannah Jane