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Aladdin Sane, with his face strafed by a scarlet firebolt edged in blue, blue, electric blue, is quintessential Bowie iconography.

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2026

Paramount Pictures was strafed three years ago for scrapping the flag, fueling speculation that the change was made to appease the Chinese internet company Tencent Holdings, one of the film’s financial partners.

From Washington Times • May 31, 2022

“When I swung in over the stage to land,” he told me, he nearly strafed the tuxedo-clad musicians and sent them scurrying.

From Washington Post • Jan. 24, 2022

The table glittered and flared as sunlight strafed it through the kitchen windows.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2019

Birdsong strafed and morsed from the oak on the village green.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell