scrawled
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"Behind these boards, there is neither power nor an enemy. Just a family and its work," read a message scrawled in black across the plywood protecting a Paris business.
From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026
The line floats in the top margin of a spiral notebook like a signal flare scrawled in pencil.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
Violet, named for the color of identifying crayon scrawled on her brow, is one of 250 to 500 patients the Marine Mammal Care Center rescues along the Los Angeles County coast every year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
It is primarily composed of concrete streets, old family-run stores, and a massive influx of newer, sleeker businesses with scrawled cursive logos and $7 drinks.
From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2026
It’s too dark in the gloom to read them, but there’s no mistaking my name scrawled across the front in my mother’s handwriting.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
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