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scroll

[skrohl] / skroʊl /
NOUN
rolled sheet, especially a manuscript
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In the joke that inspires the special’s title, she measures an Instagram comment’s subzero value in a wide scope, lampooning the communal yet cartoonish nature of our endless scroll.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

Researchers in Italy announced in June the first complete virtual unrolling of a scroll, which turned out to be a treatise on ethics.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

If you scroll through Twitter, you might encounter Tanden engaging in a testy back-and-forth with progressive journalist Mehdi Hasan.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

In European traditions, the handwritten Torah scroll, which contains the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, is protected with ceremonial coverings and adornments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Their Torah scroll occupied its own shelf, wrapped in the nicest cloth Babulya had been able to purchase in Zmeyreka.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

The text scrolls as he speaks, and it can also be controlled via a ring on his finger.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

The technology is transforming the work of historians not only by decoding documents, but also by analysing millions of medieval manuscripts or helping read ancient scrolls.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Shalom, the Hebrew word for peace and wholeness, appears after a crisis in the Book of Numbers, and it is written with a break in its third letter in all Torah scrolls.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Mygal scrolls through the Telegram app on her phone, checking channels that monitor the direction of drone attacks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Leo had to get the spheres and scrolls safely out of here.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

He took out his phone and scrolled old pictures.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

As the patients listened to the Temptations classic “My Girl,” lyrics scrolled on the TV and they were encouraged to sing along.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

A few days later, early in the morning, I got the acceptance email while I scrolled through my phone.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

When Maitri Sanghvi scrolled through TikTok, "Japan just kept popping up," she says.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

I scrolled to the last text she sent and replied: We need to talk.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin

Those classified as "light process" users spent less than four to five hours a day using their phones for a mixture of social interaction, news, entertainment, and passive scrolling.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

In what’s known as social commerce, people scrolling through their social media apps for entertainment end up buying after seeing an ad.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

Steffi Cao argues that we should be wary of the algorithm that incentivizes mindless scrolling, but there is nonetheless something charming about the wacky human storytelling that drives these videos.

From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026

You open FoodNeverComes, pick from 22 cuisines and start scrolling.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

He had logged on to the Beecher website and was now scrolling down Ms. Rubin’s teacher page through the list of science-fair projects.

From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio


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