scribble
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Then, in April, the court said: Now that we have the full case before us, we’re going to summarily reverse the district court for the reasons set forth in our five-paragraph scribble from December.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
Ava steps away for a moment, giving Deborah an opportunity to reach for her notebook to scribble a thought . . . then it happens.
From Salon ● May 29, 2026
Around her, students scribble notes and sketch corrections into their drawings: Watch the creases as the model walks.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026
You had this rough scribble of a brick base with a curvy wave over the top of it.
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026
Masterji Thakur started to scribble, then fell to his knees.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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Mr. Polito identifies Mr. Dylan’s myriad sources, the contents of the box, often from unimpeachable evidence: the songwriter’s own scribbles in the margins of his manuscripts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
In another pivotal moment, Violet scribbles a message that seems to be a big deal according to the tense and pounding score.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2025
Steves is a lifelong Lutheran, a Christian who, during our Salon photo shoot, scribbles a postcard to his Grandma Grace on "Long Gone Ave., Heaven."
From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2025
When India head coach Gautam Gambhir scribbles down in his notepad what has gone wrong for them here then a poor showing under the floodlights will surely be top of the list.
From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2024
She plays the tape backward and forward, stops and starts, scribbles down identifiers she missed.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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Some of them press questions scribbled on pieces of paper or typed in their phone against the glass, and the preparators answer them with notes of their own.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
He was greeted by the flashing cameras of 22 photographers as he entered the dugout before kick-off, while one City fan raised a bedsheet with 'Pep Stay' scribbled on it.
From BBC ● May 19, 2026
Layers of equipment, from real medical devices to whiteboards scribbled with a patients’ statuses, add to the ambient authenticity of a set built like an open emergency department, not a television soundstage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib furiously scribbled responses like “That’s a lie” and “No King” on a small whiteboard.
From Salon ● Feb. 25, 2026
She tore a page out of her journal and scribbled on it.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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But even mathematicians were astonished when OpenAI announced that one of its models resolved a puzzle known as the unit distance problem without the help of any humans scribbling a bunch of equations on chalkboards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
It was finally done in a month of frantic scribbling and, when complete, caused eyes to pop.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026
They moved on to a client tender and she was scribbling notes.
From Slate ● Apr. 12, 2026
Lanier leaned on his down-home Texas folksiness throughout the trial, telling the jury what was on his heart and scribbling with grease pencil on his demonstrative aids.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026
The last sound she heard was Fenoglio's pen scribbling over the paper, writing word after word as fast as a weaver's shuttle turning black threads into colorfully patterned cloth....
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
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The Write Stuff: Scrib, Script
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Essential Word Roots: Graph, Gram, Scribe, and Script
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Roots: scrib, scribe
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