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scrawl

[skrawl] / skrɔl /
VERB
write erratically
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Like other chimpanzees at the centre, Ai would scrawl marker pens over blank paper without having to be motivated by food rewards.

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2026

Managers can issue warnings to baristas who repeatedly write on customer cups ahead of time, scrawl something inappropriate or fail to use a Sharpie, according to internal guidance on the mandate to Starbucks stores.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 20, 2025

You’d scrawl your signature on each of the 25 cards, stuff them into their flimsy red envelopes and address them, painstakingly, to each member of your class.

From New York Times • Feb. 10, 2024

They had even managed to scrawl a message in Hebrew on the wall of a building, trying to alert the army to their presence.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2023

An angular scrawl was all that was left of her beautiful curling signature, but it was soon recognized and loved all over Haarlem.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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