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
Around her, students scribble notes and sketch corrections into their drawings: Watch the creases as the model walks.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026
From time to time, he’d scribble in a small spiral notebook.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026
He had at least two hours before the Master Librarian woke from his fitful sleep and came padding among the bookshelves to check a cross-reference, a footnote, a scribble in the margins.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
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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
Unlike scribbles on a Post-it note, a password manager can be set to back up online.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 11, 2025
The duo quietly scribbles away, creating in the presence of one another, as pages of manuscript pile up.
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2024
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
They looked as though they were the scribbles of a crazy person—a tangle of loops and smudges and words that meant nothing.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
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These include a fragment from Byron—only a few scribbled pages, set in a Turkish cemetery, about the mysterious Augustus Darvell—and a long story called “The Vampyre” by John William Polidori, Byron’s former doctor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
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
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
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
Right above Pili’s name was Justin Pierce, scribbled in enchanted ink.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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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
Having providers take the time to explain her disease, rather than just scribbling out prescriptions, has made a world of difference for Caldwell, she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 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
He therefore set off along the corridor again, passing nobody but a frowning wizard who was murmuring instructions to a quill that floated in front of him, scribbling on a trail of parchment.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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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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