sketch
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Joining the BBC in the 1990s, she rose to prominence as part of the team behind the broadcaster's sketch comedy, Goodness Gracious Me!
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
I’m drawn to the uncanny specificity of its suggestions, each one paired with an AI-generated sketch of myself and my loved ones actually doing those things.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
But so far, Tetlow noted, Warsh has been reluctant to even begin to sketch that out.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
Taeyong has used the occasion to sketch a large, detailed star and skull on his.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
That’s the part of the project that necessitates working slowly and methodically, like how I like to approach a new sketch or painting.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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Herzen’s character sketches and aperçus amount to an intellectual and political history of Russia and Western Europe in the first two-thirds of the 19th century.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Ullom has a few silly sketches on YouTube, and even scored a partial investment from a subscriber, but he hasn’t posted on the platform in more than five years.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
Following “All That,” she appeared on “Sesame Street” across three episodes in twin-themed sketches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
They could even convey the rules they had discovered through gestures or sketches.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
As part of homeroom, we have to record the day’s bulletin, so I like to make it fun by adding sketches.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
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According to Terekh, the first ideas for what would become the FP-1 drone were sketched on a napkin in their favourite restaurant in late 2022.
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
Director Craig Gillespie is no stranger to turbulent filmmaking, and his “Cruella” commendably made an underserved villain into a fully sketched character, without overrelying on callbacks.
From Salon ● Jun. 27, 2026
Contrary to popular legend, the diagram was not sketched on a napkin by Walt Disney himself, but rather by a Disney studio artist who created it for the story.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
The EFL says that it makes contingency plans for all of its matches at Wembley, so alternative arrangements had already been sketched out before Spygate emerged.
From BBC ● May 19, 2026
The more geographically knowledgeable of the prisoners sketched maps in the dirt, charting the Soviet army's advance.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
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In her song Wi$h Li$t, from her last album, Swift fantasised about settling down with Kelce, sketching out an idyllic future in which they have "a couple kids" and "a driveway with a basketball hoop".
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
Partis was also sketching the heron as he watched.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026
In sketching an outlook that might include either further cuts or a pivot to hikes, Waller joins a growing group of Fed officials who see the central bank’s policy stance at an inflection point.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Here Mina and her friend Lucy Westenra sit among the graves, sketching and talking, later, watching clouds gather for the storm that would bring the Demeter, and Count Dracula, to Whitby.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026
It was quite life-like—someone had spent a lot of time sketching every tiny hair on each of the eight legs.
From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling
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