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A quick scroll through TikTok reveals numerous accounts, many of them created in the past few weeks, sharing photos and videos of an elusive black-and-white feline wearing the famous, towering, crooked red-and-white striped hat.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
The old crowded wait has become a couch scroll until your green bean skewer and brisket noodles appear by e-bike.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
Just two percent of the 1,000 teenagers polled said they did not currently scroll on social media or watch short-form videos on school nights.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
I scroll through the portraits he’d emailed me: two women laughing, a family smiling, and my personal favorite, a pop-artish rendering of Gigi Hadid.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
Imani clicks on “Movies” and starts to scroll down.
From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper
Sixty years after Nirmala waited a week to hear one Hindi song, her grandson Krish scrolls through Punjabi music on his phone in seconds.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
On our Zoom call, Herberhold scrolls through the TikTok feed she uses as a shell account to study the Com network.
From Slate ● May 12, 2026
She scrolls job advertisements online, fearful of internet scammers preying on her.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
A little later in our conversation, he pulls out his phone, scrolls for a second, then hits play.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2026
She looked at me gratefully, but then stared down at all the books and scrolls she’d pulled from the shelves.
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
Venegas scrolled through his phone while Penna shuffled past us to grab a drink from the office fridge.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Both were littered with sports events, which I scrolled past, but also had sections for elections, politics, tech and a lot more.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
Her voice broke as she scrolled through dozens of photos and videos on her phone.
From Barron's ● May 22, 2026
A tenth-grader in Oregon scrolled through more than 200 between 9 and 11:40 a.m. on March 6.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026
One scrolled newswires, another showed moment-to-moment movements inside their portfolio, the other three scrolled Danny’s conversations with maybe forty Wall Street brokers and fellow investors.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
This era of scrolling alone has, as Putnam halfway predicted, coincided with a rise in asocial extremism.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
Medina herself discovered a restock of the Tags while scrolling TikTok and thinking about the product.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 22, 2026
Additionally, I quit scrolling news sites for headlines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
They allege that multiple features were designed to keep minors hooked, particularly infinite scrolling, excessive notifications and "like" counts.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
Jack is squinting and scrolling slowly, his brow furrowed in concentration; Mom is taking pictures of our surroundings.
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
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