scribble
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Then, in April, the court said: Now that we have the full case before us, we’re going to summarily reverse the district court for the reasons set forth in our five-paragraph scribble from December.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
Ava steps away for a moment, giving Deborah an opportunity to reach for her notebook to scribble a thought . . . then it happens.
From Salon ● May 29, 2026
To entertain themselves, they used notebooks to scribble down funny or vivid things other people brought up in their treatment groups, they said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 15, 2025
But like everything else in the movie, it’s just a scribble in the margins.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2025
If his absorption were a pattern of light, though, Sarai’s was a scribble of darkness.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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Famous for its walls bearing scribbles and sketches left behind by patrons for over 60 years, El Batey, a bar in Old San Juan, is a Puerto Rican institution serving locals and tourists alike.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Even now, most of her lyrics exist as scattered notes and unfinished scribbles.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
Unlike scribbles on a Post-it note, a password manager can be set to back up online.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025
Ultimately for me, this season’s scribbles ended up looking something like:
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2025
I hand him the blank absentee card, and he scribbles his signature on it, and I slip it into my backpack before I go to bed.
From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King
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I would send the work I thought was my best, and I knew he read them, because he’d often send them back with scribbled notes and comments.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
Parton later quietly organized for Bandit to be surpised with a custom acoustic guitar, bedazzled with rhinestones and the words "To Brigitte, Love Dolly" scribbled across it.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
Some of them press questions scribbled on pieces of paper or typed in their phone against the glass, and the preparators answer them with notes of their own.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026
He was greeted by the flashing cameras of 22 photographers as he entered the dugout before kick-off, while one City fan raised a bedsheet with 'Pep Stay' scribbled on it.
From BBC ● May 19, 2026
My mind was scribbled with black thoughts as I reached home and barged into the back room.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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Behind them, Lauren Lloyd, 33, visiting from Nashville, sat earnestly scribbling on her wish tag, which was filled from edge to edge with neat script.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
But even mathematicians were astonished when OpenAI announced that one of its models resolved a puzzle known as the unit distance problem without the help of any humans scribbling a bunch of equations on chalkboards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
It was finally done in a month of frantic scribbling and, when complete, caused eyes to pop.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026
They moved on to a client tender and she was scribbling notes.
From Slate ● Apr. 12, 2026
“Jessie would know how,” he muttered, scribbling hard on the page.
From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies
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The Write Stuff: Scrib, Script
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Essential Word Roots: Graph, Gram, Scribe, and Script
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Roots: scrib, scribe
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