First recorded in 1965–70
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After getting out a few cans of spray paint, something drew him to the manhole cover in the street.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 26, 2025
Using her living room as a studio, she creates her paintings using old photos which "get reimagined" using charcoal and acrylic and occasionally mixed media such as spray paint and pastels.
From BBC • Oct. 12, 2024
In another part of the video taken at night, he is seen apparently urinating on the pillar and using spray paint to write “toilet” in English.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 3, 2024
Scrawls of crude graffiti or quickly penciled notes left by workmen emulate the tendril-like lines dragged through Wool’s globular masses of spray paint.
From New York Times • May 2, 2024
In another bag, she gave me the remnants of the Vaseline, the spray paint, and the last full Mountain Dew.
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
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