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The maze of shadowy streets around the New York Stock Exchange has been rarely associated with elegant, arty escapes.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
It featured the same jackets-off, casual image, but there was also a designer chic, with an arty black-and-white picture that wouldn't have looked out of place in an upmarket jeans advert.
From BBC • Dec. 20, 2024
Last year they were seen in a rather arty black and white picture, showing them together as a family, but also with a style that owed something to an upmarket jeans advert.
From BBC • Dec. 19, 2024
I’m a health food-eating meditator who is rather arty.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 8, 2024
At arty moment the UN vehicle would come, and I would have to leave him.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
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