doodling

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On a notebook on her coffee table, she wrote Cynthia Renee Ortiz, doodling hearts around her prospective married name.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

She says she turned to an empty notebook, and began word doodling — scrawling random words, going wherever her pen took her.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

From the moment she could pick up a pen, she was doodling over everything possible - from school textbooks to spare scraps of paper.

From BBC • Dec. 10, 2025

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

He doesn’t look up from the notebook he’s doodling in.

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty