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In total, he has inscribed more than 63,000 Stolpersteine.

From The Guardian • Feb. 18, 2019

From the estate of an aunt, I somehow came into possession of a tall, silver loving cup trophy that has inscribed on it “Washington Post, Floral-Flag Parade, Arthur C. Moses, July 5, 1909.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 16, 2019

It hardly seems an accident that Paul Thomas Anderson has inscribed his monogram in the title of his eighth feature, “Phantom Thread,” which chronicles a few chapters in Reynolds’s fictional life and career.

From New York Times • Dec. 24, 2017

In Alexandria," he added, "a certain Thompson, of Sunderland, has inscribed his name in letters 6 feet high on Pompey's Pillar.

From Slate • May 31, 2013

It has inscribed, on one side of the blade, "Victory or Death!"—on the opposite side, "Grenadiers of Virginia."

From The Military Journals of Two Private Soldiers, 1758-1775 With Numerous Illustrative Notes by Tomlinson, Abraham