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sharpie

[shahr-pee] / ˈʃɑr pi /




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Many professional cooks do this with masking tape and a sharpie.

From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2023

Sixers fans needed only a sharpie and the adhesive to salvage their old No. 25 Simmons jerseys.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 22, 2022

However, the Illinois State Board of Elections said that "sharpie pens are the preferred ballot-marking method for many voting systems".

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2022

A rod the width of a sharpie sticks out of her monitor with a dome on it.

From New York Times ● Sep. 11, 2022

Mr. Goodsell claimed that he and his brother had built the first New Haven sharpie in 1848 and that, because of her speed, she had been named Telegraph.

From The Migrations of an American Boat Type by Howard I. (Howard Irving) Chapelle

During the walks to the 15th and 17th tee boxes, the pre-prepared European players pulled out blue sharpies from their back pockets and scrawled away.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2025

Bitcoin sharpies and traders — the true believers who have fueled the crypto investment craze — have been all-in for years, and have the big profits to show for it.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 23, 2021

They act out a talent competition in an abandoned auditorium and create their own arts and crafts project out of soccer balls and black sharpies.

From The Verge ● Sep. 5, 2019

“I was making it a lot prettier than it is to start with,” DeFoe said of his Storm Arashi Vibe lipless “rusty paw” crankbait, which he decorated with orange, red and black sharpies.

From Fox News ● Mar. 20, 2019

Hanako picked up his hands, noticed his sharpies were getting dull.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata


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