scribble
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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
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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
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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
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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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The Write Stuff: Scrib, Script
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Essential Word Roots: Graph, Gram, Scribe, and Script
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Florida's B.E.S.T. Roots: scrib, scribe
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