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scroll

[skrohl] / skroʊl /
NOUN
rolled sheet, especially a manuscript
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Not only are the states seeking billions of dollars from Meta, they are demanding it make changes to Instagram and Facebook, including ending "like" counts and infinite scroll.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

The old crowded wait has become a couch scroll until your green bean skewer and brisket noodles appear by e-bike.

From Salon Aug. 9, 2026

I scroll through the portraits he’d emailed me: two women laughing, a family smiling, and my personal favorite, a pop-artish rendering of Gigi Hadid.

From Slate Aug. 6, 2026

And then there’s the device itself—the smartphone that never leaves your hand, with an infinite scroll of live shows running around the clock, one loading automatically beneath the last.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

Mama clucked her tongue and placed a firm grip on Ella's shoulders as they made their way toward the turbaned man with the floating scroll.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

As she scrolls through the music library on her mint green iPod, filled with album artwork from 15 to 20 years ago, childhood memories of receiving one as a Christmas present come flooding back.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

From one collection point alone came more than 900 Torah scrolls and roughly 250,000 books.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

On our Zoom call, Herberhold scrolls through the TikTok feed she uses as a shell account to study the Com network.

From Slate May 12, 2026

A little later in our conversation, he pulls out his phone, scrolls for a second, then hits play.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 15, 2026

On the stable roof, Ella roosted in a pile of old Roman scrolls, her head tucked under her wings.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan

Both were littered with sports events, which I scrolled past, but also had sections for elections, politics, tech and a lot more.

From Salon Aug. 12, 2026

Her voice broke as she scrolled through dozens of photos and videos on her phone.

From Barron's May 22, 2026

In the hours after he was re-elected, councillor Shazad Fazal scrolled through the messages he had been sent on Facebook.

From BBC May 15, 2026

A tenth-grader in Oregon scrolled through more than 200 between 9 and 11:40 a.m. on March 6.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 29, 2026

Angie scrolled and scanned, then punched more keys.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser

“Sometimes it’s kind of nice to enter a meditative state and not be scrolling on my phone,” he observes.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

The AGs instead lean on public statements by Meta executives saying the company prioritized youth safety, which allegedly are in conflict with platform features that keep young people scrolling.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

"I don't think he is one of them that will do some mindless scrolling," he said.

From BBC Aug. 15, 2026

In his ruling, New Mexico Judge Bryan Biedscheid also noted that teenagers are particularly susceptible to features that are designed to boost engagement such as autoplay, infinite scrolling, like counts, push notifications and algorithmic recommendations.

From Barron's Aug. 7, 2026

I study a scrolling list of her info.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu




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