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scribble

[skrib-uhl] / ˈskrɪb əl /


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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

The script is way more confident when Gunn gets to scribble in the margins, whisking in Milly Alcock’s party-hardy Supergirl for a fast and fun cameo.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2025

He had not even bothered to scribble numbers on the back of a napkin.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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