sketch
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“Office Ladies” inspired actor-musicians Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein to launch their own iHeart podcast revisiting their sketch comedy series “Portlandia,” which spoofed the hipster scene in the Pacific Northwest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
The East Potomac Golf Links will be closed to play beginning Nov. 15, the president said in a Truth Social post Sunday that included a sketch of a new course on the site.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
With a regular budget of $10,000 a month for your everyday needs, your chance of success — meaning, your money outlives you — was 99%, according to the sketch of your situation in Boldin.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026
Her performance drew criticism from former White House press secretary Jen Psaki, now a TV news host, who compared it to a "Saturday Night Live" comedy sketch.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
This map looked more like a first sketch.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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The 43-year-old’s sketches are famously loose, bright and unrefined.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
The entire trip resulted in dozens of posts from each of these creators, such as daily vlogs, “get ready with me”-style videos and comedy sketches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
A portfolio of sketches was thought likely to reveal the novice’s level of work and thought and innermost graphic personality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
Ms. Siman Tov sketches for me the argument of those who voted for rebuilding.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
So he gave me a pile of empty executive agenda planners from work, and every Sunday I went over my sketches with him.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
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By then, Demis Hassabis had already sketched out a design for a brake system.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026
Margaret Keane’s big-eyed children gaze unabashedly at a girl sketched by Pablo Picasso, and cartoonist Rose O’Neill rubs elbows with Vincent van Gogh.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
According to Terekh, the first ideas for what would become the FP-1 drone were sketched on a napkin in their favourite restaurant in late 2022.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
Burnham's team say having sketched out his vision he will be able to continue to work out who he places in key roles in his cabinet.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
In the following weeks William planned and sketched and eventually settled on his final design.
From "Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction" by David Macaulay
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I have friends who explore unfamiliar places by running through neighborhoods at sunrise or sketching what they see.
From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026
He spent hours at his desk sketching, working out how to make the technology smaller and lighter.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
Reports have painted a picture of a decidedly low-key existence for the actor on the island, with Carrey spending his time reading, writing, walking, painting, and sketching.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
The book examines M in her antiseptic superstar’s habitat, sketching scenes of her business meetings, social outings, spa treatments and public events.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
One morning I fell to sketching a face: what sort of a face it was to be, I did not care or know.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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