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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

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

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

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

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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