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
Based on a 2014 play by David Haig, who co-wrote its screenplay with its director, Anthony Maras, the movie faces an obvious challenge: Watching meteorologists scribble notations on charts isn’t particularly cinematic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
Jacob Bethell can now add another bullet point to the notebook he uses to scribble down reminders before going out to bat.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2025
These words, too, faded away, but not before Harry had started to scribble back.
From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
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We find her dictating instructions through that landline, in perfect French, to her atelier in Paris while making notebook scribbles under the covers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
Ultimately for me, this season’s scribbles ended up looking something like:
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2025
When India head coach Gautam Gambhir scribbles down in his notepad what has gone wrong for them here then a poor showing under the floodlights will surely be top of the list.
From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2024
Sherman’s childhood algebra book from 1829, complete with scribbles, had been bid up to $1,500.
From New York Times ● May 14, 2024
The examiner clicks his stopwatch, scribbles on his clipboard, looks up.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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Suddenly, she detoured to Target and declared “we’re combining,” and I dutifully rewrapped and scribbled a joint note for gifts that never felt quite right alone but together were perfect.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
I had scribbled a few questions in advance but felt no compulsion to stick to any script, preferring that our own character dynamics might determine the plot of our interview.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
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
Eddie leaned back against the beat-up seat and traced a name that had been scribbled on the vinyl in black marker.
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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“We’re all scribbling notes, and after about an hour, we’d go, ‘I think we got enough here,’ and we’d go write songs about what she’d told us.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
They moved on to a client tender and she was scribbling notes.
From Slate ● Apr. 12, 2026
While on vacation in France, he started scribbling an idea for a spy novel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
And earlier this month United defender Noussair Mazraoui was recorded comically scribbling half-hearted signatures on a set of shirts given to him by a hunter who approached him at his car window after training.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2026
He was there, sitting on the side of his bed, scribbling in his notepad.
From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds
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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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