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Meyer began doodling designs for a boxing game that could be played at home.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

His campaign repeatedly put him in positions to reach strategic audiences, as campaigns do down the stretch, and he spent each session essentially doodling with crayons on the wall.

From Slate • Oct. 19, 2024

He appeared more focused on doodling on a pad of paper than the news conference.

From BBC • May 16, 2024

The only relevant purpose I can see for this conceptual doodling, however well carried out, is to give the fifth Broadway incarnation of the 1966 show a distinctive profile.

From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2024

“It’s just the road by the anacahuita tree. We don’t name them,” Ded6 says, driven to doodling to contain her impatience.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez



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