scrabble

"Why would you scrabble for the shield, and then be keen to give it away?" she asked.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Lee wanted wealth and stability, not to scrabble around in obscurity hoping to beat impossibly long odds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2024

"If they leave, either the jobs disappear entirely, or factories scrabble to receive orders from footloose buying agents who care only about cheap labour and do not worry about factory conditions," Bowman told Reuters.

From Reuters ● Aug. 16, 2023

“Imagine you have scrabble tiles that spell out ‘Powerball.’

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 19, 2023

I scrabble back from him, coughing and spluttering, but he stays there, sinking a little, not moving.

From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness

She scrabbles to find her reason for being.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 30, 2023

So Pluto is doubly fitting for the doppelgänger who ascended from underground and scrabbles around on all fours.

From Slate ● Mar. 24, 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

Some have suggested Mr Cameron is a study in "government by essay crisis" - like a student who suddenly realises work is urgently overdue, and scrabbles to put something brilliant together at the last moment.

From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2014

“Someone who scrabbles her way through life. There’s no beauty in such labor.”

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

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

"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

He scrabbled with all four paws, found some purchase, and scarpered up the slope and away.

From Slate ● Jan. 30, 2021

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

A flight of sparrows dropped into the dust and scrabbled for bits of food and then flew off like a gray scarf twisting in the light.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

Imagine combat choreographed by ants, swarms of elbows and legs scrabbling to emerge victorious.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

Europe’s scrabbling together of funds to put into the pot is important here.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 30, 2025

And, with the security of Europe under greater strain than at any time almost in living memory, can its leaders, who are currently scrabbling around, find an adequate response?

From BBC ● Mar. 25, 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

His feet were scrabbling to gain purchase on the little shepherdess's pink-flowered lampshade.

From "Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures" by Kate DiCamillo