scrabble
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A group of people scrabble on the ground, sifting through the soil.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2025
It might not be up to John Cena standards, but she’s clearly figured at least a few things out along her scrabble to undeniable stardom.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2024
“Imagine you have scrabble tiles that spell out ‘Powerball.’
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 19, 2023
Like my parents and many others I knew in the South Bronx, they scrabble to hang on and perhaps wonder if anyone sees or hears their distress.
From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2023
The heroism and glamour might be there somewhere, but you had to dig and scrape and scrabble through the dirt, pain, and misery to find it.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
When that happens, rather than tell her friends how she feels, she scrabbles around for extra money.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
She scrabbles to find her reason for being.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 30, 2023
But in one instance, a dog uses Halle Berry’s back as a springboard, then scrabbles up the wall to the second story and attacks a gunman on a balcony.
From Slate ● May 16, 2019
As his wife scrabbles with angry protesters and gripes about her compromised marriage, he is sequestered in the bathroom, represented only by a mordant song that his aide-de-camp sings on his behalf:
From The New Yorker ● May 9, 2016
In the meantime, Queenie breaks free and scrabbles up the hill.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
As she scrabbled for a laser pointer in her large handbag, her coloratura was comically on point, though she was inaudible in her middle range during the cabaletta.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2025
Swiss lawmakers have since scrabbled together six counterproposals.
From New York Times ● Mar. 12, 2023
"I had no idea how long it would take the officers to get there, so we scrabbled about for things to talk about," the 39-year-old says.
From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2022
But she scrabbled together not quite a dozen students and developed a curriculum that now includes assignments such as “What is a written or oral tradition your speakers have in their culture?”
From Washington Post ● May 16, 2019
Full of fear, he paddled and struggled, got his head up and took a breath, scrabbled his claws against rough bricks underwater and lost them again as he was dragged on.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
Imagine combat choreographed by ants, swarms of elbows and legs scrabbling to emerge victorious.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
The second senior resignation in two days leaves Sir Keir scrabbling to shore up his position as prime minister following the resignation of his top adviser McSweeney on Sunday.
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2026
Europe’s scrabbling together of funds to put into the pot is important here.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 30, 2025
This is, though, where much of Europe has been for some time: scrabbling around for scraps from the Premier League’s table.
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2024
I haul myself up to the top, groaning from the effort, kicking and scrabbling in a downright ungainly manner.
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
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