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sketch

[skech] / skɛtʃ /




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To this literary stew Mr. Power adds a brief sketch of Barrett Browning’s life, highlighting points at which her path crossed with Homer or led her toward her own efforts at epic verse.

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

Far from the solemn pomp of the Vatican, nestled under the arcades of the mountain town of Santarcangelo di Romagna, a tailor clad all in black leaned over his sketch.

From Barron's Aug. 22, 2026

She stayed with the sketch show for three seasons, departing in 2000.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 15, 2026

I moved closer to the shark to get a better look at the ridges on the serrated teeth, leaning the sketch pad on my left forearm, to make a quick sketch of the steak-knife points.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen

We encounter paintings on canvas and on copper; bronzes, terracottas and an impressive ivory; dispassionate portraits, intimate sketches and pitiless caricatures.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 29, 2026

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

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

Osborne, who is best known for posting crude comedy sketches on YouTube, launched her podcast series earlier this year.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

Another apprentice sketches a map, possibly for transfer onto a plate.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman

Steve Kloos, a partner at water-focused investment firm Burnt Island Ventures, recently sketched out a proposal for what he calls Basin 2.0.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

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

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

But he really longed to know what she wrote and sketched about.

From "Hello, Universe" by Erin Entrada Kelly

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

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

In his own statement on Friday, Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari began sketching out conditions for the third.

From The Wall Street Journal May 2, 2026

She’s up, sketching a kitchen at her desk.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini




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