squiggle
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Richards’s signature style is to break down complex behavioral-finance concepts into minimalist line drawings — sometimes just a squiggle — with only a few words.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 16, 2026
"That's what happened here. We had all sort of noticed this fishhook squiggle on the rock. It was pretty prominent because it was really, really deep."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 18, 2024
Justin Troyka’s signature “has become more of a random squiggle in recent years.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2024
Another trim making a comeback is rickrack, featuring squiggle design that adds a playful touch.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 18, 2023
A squiggle of pink lightning arced across the studio, and that’s the last thing I remember.
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
The floor was so grubby that the thought of sitting anywhere on it was nauseating — and regardless, the lanes were now too dark for reading, lit primarily by bright neon stripes and squiggles.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026
The off-white form of the rustic terracotta jar, shattered over millenniums and fastidiously reassembled, is elegantly decorated in rich brown and black designs, including bursts of rosettes and abstract squiggles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2025
The genus name uncus means “hook” in Latin, after the fishhooklike squiggles on the rock left by the fossils.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 19, 2024
EEGs use small sensors attached to the scalp to measure the brain's electrical signals, producing a long line of up and down squiggles.
From Science Daily ● May 29, 2024
It’s so warm in the car that the windows keep fogging up, and I draw little squiggles in the condensation.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
The book, compiled between 1967-1968, features Sir Paul McCartney's draft of the famous song alongside poetry and doodles squiggled by the music legend.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2022
Over the course of a profoundly productive journalism career, he was able to translate all those squiggled notes into some of the finest long-form writing The Post has ever published.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 15, 2020
“Here comes one! There’s an aftershock,” she said as the software showed red, blue and green lines that squiggled up and down.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 14, 2020
Vegetable-focussed appetizers include marinated shishito and Jimmy Nardello peppers, for layering on crusty toast with thickly squiggled ricotta that’s been whipped until it’s as densely creamy as labneh.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 23, 2018
“What is all this?” the father-Human said, looking at the boxes while he squiggled a stick at the device.
From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth
Some look like earthworms and others are covered in tiny bristles, squiggling about.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2022
But just below the surface the music teems with inner details: flourishes of offbeat counterpoint for the voices, squiggling riffs for the instruments.
From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2021
It's great for squiggling on a slice of pizza or on top of a bowl of fried rice, and its flavor can be found carried into all types of food products.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 18, 2021
The cicadas will mostly come out at dusk to try to avoid everything that wants to eat them, squiggling out of holes in the ground.
From Seattle Times ● May 4, 2021
He hops onto the swing with me, squiggling my pencil line.
From "Rules" by Cynthia Lord
