It looked very old, the edges torn, the pale-blue lines rubbed almost away.

NEWYORKER: Found Objects

Although the faded blue paper is torn at the edges, with pieces of Scotch tape scarring the back, the intricate white ink designs vividly evoke the lost stadium.

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She looked with a kind of distaste at the sheet music, holding it with unwilling fingers, as though it were unclean and it was rather grubby, worn at the edges, torn at the crease where it folded.

NEWYORKER: Mr. Bones

The lid's paint is torn back in order to expose the edges that enable wireless radio transmissions to be sent and received, while the bottom has been left in its rawest form.

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