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squiggle

[skwig-uhl] / ˈskwɪg əl /
VERB
curl
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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

In other scenes, such as one where he's specifically asked his name, squiggle lines appear over his lips, suggesting that a spell has been cast to prevent him from revealing himself.

From Salon Sep. 19, 2024

Grooves in the hillside squiggle down toward a pasture and bike path at its base.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2024

He drew each squiggle and explained what it meant.

From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia

In this script, the lines of good and evil aren’t drawn in black and white or even gray — they’re a tangle of squiggles.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 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

After seeing more of the worm-like squiggles the team paid closer attention, taking note of fishhook's characteristics.

From Science Daily Nov. 18, 2024

My hearing had gotten worse, as shown on an audiogram filled with X’s, O’s and squiggles connecting them.

From Salon Sep. 30, 2024

I held the skate edge and scraped it against the locker, over the words, and in a few seconds it was a barren waste of squiggles.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely

Yields squiggled following the latest batch of reports on the economy.

From Seattle Times Sep. 28, 2023

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

When the EKG was connected to the electrodes on her chest, a horizontal line squiggled out, followed by a few tiny waves marking the last electrical activity in her heart.

From New York Times May 10, 2020

Tater squiggled out of Abby’s grip and leapt to the ground.

From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein

Some look like earthworms and others are covered in tiny bristles, squiggling about.

From BBC Jun. 13, 2022

Squeeze the chocolate onto the lined baking sheet, swirling or squiggling the lines to make decorative shapes.

From Seattle Times Feb. 26, 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

They screamed for more and I obliged, squiggling my feet and slip-sliding across the wooden floor, jumping into the air and landing in a near split by the blackboard, shouting “Eeeee-yowwww!”

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride




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