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
She said Carruthers used spray paint and a chainsaw to mark and then cut a wedge out of the tree, while Graham filmed it on his mobile phone.
From BBC • Jul. 15, 2025
“You legally cannot bring a battery or a can of spray paint into this landfill,” said Dallas Lawrence, an Agoura Hills resident and president of the Las Virgenes School Board in Calabasas.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2025
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
In orange spray paint it says: The Last Friend App.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
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