as in to play
to spend time in aimless activity
I plan to spend the entire vacation just doodling
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Recent Examples of doodle
Sam Goldner,
Pitchfork,
2 Apr. 2026
The design was inspired by the hair-tearing boredom of COVID lockdown-era remote work, a time in which Knafs founder Ben Petersen maintained sanity during Zoom calls by fidgeting around with pocket knives and doodling pictures.
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New Atlas,
26 Mar. 2026
Benjamin Burrows,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2026
Colbert then held up the paper to showcase his pretty good Snoopy doodle.
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Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 Feb. 2026
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Verb
Seidle sketches out miniature worlds on his Casio with the oblong abstractions of a kindergartener doodling on a piece of paper, his primitive songs existing in a kind of nascent pre-genre state.
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Sam Goldner,
Pitchfork,
2 Apr. 2026
The design was inspired by the hair-tearing boredom of COVID lockdown-era remote work, a time in which Knafs founder Ben Petersen maintained sanity during Zoom calls by fidgeting around with pocket knives and doodling pictures.
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New Atlas,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
But a signature flanked by a doodle of an alien?
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Benjamin Burrows,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2026
Colbert then held up the paper to showcase his pretty good Snoopy doodle.
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Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 Feb. 2026
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For tour this time around, Pillsbury is looking forward to playing larger venues, which offer space for grander production.
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The elder Moniak, now 86, played six seasons in the Red Sox farm system from 1958-63, and like Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski, was among the young outfielders who benefited from the tutelage of a special batting instructor named Ted Williams at spring training ‘61-63.
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The sudden closure could have wider implications, as the newfound illustration of the peace deal’s fragility could spook shipping companies into choosing not to traverse the strait until a more definitive end to the fighting.
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The clearest illustration of the role this particular movie has played in McKendrick’s evolution as an artist arrived just hours before our interview.
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The winning numbers for the Wednesday, June 24, Powerball drawing are 13, 14, 16, 21, 38, and the Powerball is 14.
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The quirky chain has not officially announced the location, but a Formal Site Development Plan submitted to the city late last year included drawings identifying Trader Joe’s as the occupant.
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And the thing about caricatures?
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Too often, caricatures are deployed to justify unfair and unjust treatment.
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The value of a writers’ room like this is that Grace wrote a great outline and then a great draft, but every single episode gets rewritten in the room multiple times.
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Learn one new asterism or constellation each session — such as the faint outline of constellations like Virgo, Ophiuchus, Hercules and Corona Borealis — and repeat the process during your next stargazing session.
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For decades, investigators had little more than Barrett's body and a composite sketch of a suspect based on interviews with her friends.
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Founded in 2011 by actors Joivan Wade and Percelle Ascott, Wall of Entertainment will also release over 100 episodes of their programming spanning reality, comedy, game show, dating, cooking, sketch and drama on Tubi.
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The new gallery is the brainchild of Antony Zito, portrait artist, mural painter, and former associate director of Parkville Art Gallery.
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Among all the things that make Iliad Bookshop unique is the mural outside, depicting literary scenes and portraits of more than fifty authors and musicians like Charles Dickens, Sylvia Plath, Harper Lee, Pink Floyd and Tom Petty.
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This adorable eyelet style features a V-neck collar, ruffled details, and a flattering A-line silhouette that looks great on a range of different body types.
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The key to modernizing the pinkish-orange color in 2026 is to wear it in loose, easy silhouettes.
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“Doodle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doodle. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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