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as in wrote
to compose and set down on paper the words of
he scribbled a quick note to his wife and taped it to the front door
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Recent Examples of scribbled
School officials gathered and answered the questions scribbled on index cards.
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Jessica Ma, Dallas Morning News, 2 Feb. 2026
In those brownstones, the icons scribbled about notepads and surrendered those eternal drafts to thin paper zines.
—Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
At these delightfully divey watering holes, every visible surface is covered in dollars scribbled with the initials, anniversaries, hometowns, inside jokes, dates, or names of anyone who has darkened the doors of that particular bar over the past fifty years—or maybe just the past week.
—Skye Sherman, Southern Living, 21 Jan. 2026
Gradually, the forest of memorabilia began to thin out, though bare objects kept popping up in place of those Federer had already scribbled on.
—Owen Lewis, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026
The drawings that filled Yorke and Donwood’s sketchbooks became some of the band’s most iconic insignia, tattooed on arms and scribbled on three-ring binders.
—Zoe Si, New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2025
The 68 photos released by the Oversight Committee Thursday also include several photo closeups of words scribbled on a back, foot, hip and a woman’s chest.
—Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 18 Dec. 2025
Before her fate was announced, Maxwell looked down and scribbled on a notepad as Sarah Ransome — an accuser whose allegations weren’t included in this trial — spoke of the lasting harm to her life, gazing directly at Maxwell several times .
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 13 Dec. 2025
Farokhmanesh disarmed him with a grin and scribbled away on his poster.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2025
Jessica Ma, Dallas Morning News, 2 Feb. 2026
In those brownstones, the icons scribbled about notepads and surrendered those eternal drafts to thin paper zines.
—Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
At these delightfully divey watering holes, every visible surface is covered in dollars scribbled with the initials, anniversaries, hometowns, inside jokes, dates, or names of anyone who has darkened the doors of that particular bar over the past fifty years—or maybe just the past week.
—Skye Sherman, Southern Living, 21 Jan. 2026
Gradually, the forest of memorabilia began to thin out, though bare objects kept popping up in place of those Federer had already scribbled on.
—Owen Lewis, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026
The drawings that filled Yorke and Donwood’s sketchbooks became some of the band’s most iconic insignia, tattooed on arms and scribbled on three-ring binders.
—Zoe Si, New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2025
The 68 photos released by the Oversight Committee Thursday also include several photo closeups of words scribbled on a back, foot, hip and a woman’s chest.
—Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 18 Dec. 2025
Before her fate was announced, Maxwell looked down and scribbled on a notepad as Sarah Ransome — an accuser whose allegations weren’t included in this trial — spoke of the lasting harm to her life, gazing directly at Maxwell several times .
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 13 Dec. 2025
Farokhmanesh disarmed him with a grin and scribbled away on his poster.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scribbled
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Numerous Indian army camps thus dot these mountains, where slogans of guns and glory are scrawled on their walls.—
Omkar Khandekar,
NPR,
17 Feb. 2026
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On the wrist straps are Street’s initials, scrawled in marker.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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Rob also wrote and presented 'The Happiness Map' travel show, which aired on BBC Radio 6Music between 2021 and 2023.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 Feb. 2026
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Beijing is enjoying that silence, the South China Morning Post wrote, and is hoping to seize on US-Europe tensions to make inroads with Washington’s allies.—
J.D. Capelouto,
semafor.com,
16 Feb. 2026
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Emily Henry is a 35-year-old romance writer who's penned six best-selling adult romance novels over the past five years, selling over 10 million copies worldwide.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
22 Feb. 2026
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The show, which was the first to emerge from the BBC and German network ZDF‘s co-pro partnership, comes from Killing Eve maker Sid Gentle and is penned by Emma Moran.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
20 Feb. 2026
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