scrawled

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BENTON, Ky.—“There are two sides of me,” Brian McClain scrawled on a piece of paper to his wife.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Before he was an international sports mogul, he was Enos Stanley Kroenke from rural Missouri with sporting heritage scrawled right on his birth certificate—his namesakes were St. Louis Cardinals legends Enos Slaughter and Stan Musial.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Looking at his police file, I can hardly read the signature over his statement; his name is illegible, scrawled and messy, like that of a boy.

From Slate • May 12, 2026

Victors went beyond checking off a list of hastily scrawled names to thanking entire categories of people: women, ancestors, Koreans, audiences.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

But after that, the armorers scrawled “For our Tonya!” on the bombs they loaded on the 587th’s Pe-2s.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein