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scribble

[skrib-uhl] / ˈskrɪb əl /


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Then, in April, the court said: Now that we have the full case before us, we’re going to summarily reverse the district court for the reasons set forth in our five-paragraph scribble from December.

From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026

Ava steps away for a moment, giving Deborah an opportunity to reach for her notebook to scribble a thought . . . then it happens.

From Salon ● May 29, 2026

From time to time, he’d scribble in a small spiral notebook.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026

You had this rough scribble of a brick base with a curvy wave over the top of it.

From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026

Every time a commercial would come on, we would scribble the toy on the form.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter

He stacks bullet points along the side of the whiteboard, scribbles concepts and facts we throw at him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

Famous for its walls bearing scribbles and sketches left behind by patrons for over 60 years, El Batey, a bar in Old San Juan, is a Puerto Rican institution serving locals and tourists alike.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

Ultimately for me, this season’s scribbles ended up looking something like:

From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2025

When India head coach Gautam Gambhir scribbles down in his notepad what has gone wrong for them here then a poor showing under the floodlights will surely be top of the list.

From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2024

The reporter who interviews me wears red plastic-rimmed glasses and scribbles my answers in a tiny notepad.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau

Jeanne de Montagnac, 29, stood by her husband and two-year-old daughter, perched on his shoulders with a telephone number scribbled in biro pen on her arm.

From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026

Suddenly, she detoured to Target and declared “we’re combining,” and I dutifully rewrapped and scribbled a joint note for gifts that never felt quite right alone but together were perfect.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

I had scribbled a few questions in advance but felt no compulsion to stick to any script, preferring that our own character dynamics might determine the plot of our interview.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

I would send the work I thought was my best, and I knew he read them, because he’d often send them back with scribbled notes and comments.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026

Kyle had already scribbled out the answer on a scrap of paper: “Go to Liberty.”

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein

He often made notes, scribbling in an A4 hardback notebook, and sometimes shook his head at parts of their testimony.

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

As I turned the pages, I kept scribbling the same question in the margins.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026

They moved on to a client tender and she was scribbling notes.

From Slate ● Apr. 12, 2026

Albert recalled asking, scribbling notes to herself so she would know she had heard correctly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 8, 2026

Then he stopped scribbling, looked up and gave the correct answer.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover




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