scribbling

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Instead, performance slumped and he retired in February 2000, scribbling a message on his office whiteboard: “Tulip bulbs for sale”—a reminder of 17th-century speculation in the Dutch flower market.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

They moved on to a client tender and she was scribbling notes.

From Slate • Apr. 12, 2026

Lanier leaned on his down-home Texas folksiness throughout the trial, telling the jury what was on his heart and scribbling with grease pencil on his demonstrative aids.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

And earlier this month United defender Noussair Mazraoui was recorded comically scribbling half-hearted signatures on a set of shirts given to him by a hunter who approached him at his car window after training.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

He worked from dawn into the night in his apartment, scribbling his words in pencil onto a yellow pad.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow