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
You had this rough scribble of a brick base with a curvy wave over the top of it.
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026
To entertain themselves, they used notebooks to scribble down funny or vivid things other people brought up in their treatment groups, they said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 15, 2025
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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Meanwhile, the 2025 novel “Unfit” by Ariana Harwicz, about a mother losing her children in a custody battle, uses erratic crayon scribbles on its cover.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2026
It feels like writing on paper, only your notes sync to all your devices and your scribbles are actually searchable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 23, 2025
Steves is a lifelong Lutheran, a Christian who, during our Salon photo shoot, scribbles a postcard to his Grandma Grace on "Long Gone Ave., Heaven."
From Salon ● Feb. 28, 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
Even the board where Dad scribbles Scoob’s daily instructions is gone.
From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone
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Their white shirts filled up with messages scribbled by classmates and well-wishers – a colourful record of a shared journey through education.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
On a recent Saturday morning, Joel Galvez cracked open a spiral notebook and scribbled in the date and a prayer: “Dios bendiga este día. Amen.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026
Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib furiously scribbled responses like “That’s a lie” and “No King” on a small whiteboard.
From Salon ● Feb. 25, 2026
Last month, I scribbled every form I’d need for my return on the envelope of the first 2025 income-tax form I received:W-2s, receipts, broker statements, etc.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 17, 2026
Now, as he sat among his scribbled papers in the stillness of his room, the words filled the air.
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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And every time, Claude returned to its imaginary chalkboard and began scribbling away again.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
“We’re all scribbling notes, and after about an hour, we’d go, ‘I think we got enough here,’ and we’d go write songs about what she’d told us.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
It was finally done in a month of frantic scribbling and, when complete, caused eyes to pop.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026
They moved on to a client tender and she was scribbling notes.
From Slate ● Apr. 12, 2026
They seemed to know just what to do: scribbling words on the paper, sticking it inside the candle wax, holding it up until the wick ignited on its own without explanation, and setting it free.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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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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