scrabble

Bruno Fernandes, perhaps the only United player to have done himself justice this season, pulled one back from the penalty spot after Casemiro was kicked during a frantic scrabble.

From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2025

“It was louder and closer; it was no longer a single belligerent hum glinting with accents of brass; it had diversified into a rolling scrabble of anger, holiday high spirits and sports crowd roar.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2024

"If they leave, either the jobs disappear entirely, or factories scrabble to receive orders from footloose buying agents who care only about cheap labour and do not worry about factory conditions," Bowman told Reuters.

From Reuters ● Aug. 16, 2023

“Imagine you have scrabble tiles that spell out ‘Powerball.’

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 19, 2023

My vision goes black for a moment, but I scrabble to my feet anyway, hoping none of my foes will choose this moment to attack.

From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir

She scrabbles to find her reason for being.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 30, 2023

But in one instance, a dog uses Halle Berry’s back as a springboard, then scrabbles up the wall to the second story and attacks a gunman on a balcony.

From Slate ● May 16, 2019

As his wife scrabbles with angry protesters and gripes about her compromised marriage, he is sequestered in the bathroom, represented only by a mordant song that his aide-de-camp sings on his behalf:

From The New Yorker ● May 9, 2016

Some have suggested Mr Cameron is a study in "government by essay crisis" - like a student who suddenly realises work is urgently overdue, and scrabbles to put something brilliant together at the last moment.

From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2014

Arf, arf, arf— Zola scrabbles up a handful of acorns and tosses them over the side of the balcony.

From "The Unfinished Angel" by Sharon Creech

As she scrabbled for a laser pointer in her large handbag, her coloratura was comically on point, though she was inaudible in her middle range during the cabaletta.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2025

Swiss lawmakers have since scrabbled together six counterproposals.

From New York Times ● Mar. 12, 2023

Some people tried to lock the beasts out as they scrabbled at the door.

From Washington Post ● May 26, 2021

He scrabbled with all four paws, found some purchase, and scarpered up the slope and away.

From Slate ● Jan. 30, 2021

He scrabbled for a new handhold, found a rung, and pulled himself painfully away from the rush of rocks beneath.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi

Europe’s scrabbling together of funds to put into the pot is important here.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 30, 2025

This is, though, where much of Europe has been for some time: scrabbling around for scraps from the Premier League’s table.

From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2024

When few other animals are out and about, wolverines are scrabbling up frozen slopes with their crampon-like claws and crunching through frozen bones of carrion dug out of snow.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 29, 2023

Central to the story the Kroffts continued to tell is that they were a relatively small, independent company among Hollywood combines, and so were often scrabbling.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2023

The light was warm, promising more temperate weather in the near future, but even the sight of robins scrabbling for worms couldn’t brighten Ophie’s mood.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland