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as in writes
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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Verb
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Hope scrawls a single word on the paper and folds it up.—
Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Diodorus writes that this was the reason why the Phoenician peoples became so wealthy.—
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China, Lee writes, lacks the skills to pull off such an operation and, indeed, appears to have done little to protect Maduro or has yet to come to the aid of Iran, ostensibly another partner.—
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According to the girl's doctor, the child had a human bite on her face, scratches and blunt force trauma to her head, WSB reported.—
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Avoid using them on glass, stainless steel, natural stone, ceramic, or wood to prevent scratches.—
Verb
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Yousafzai pens a portrait of a young woman discovering her identity amid immense pressure.—
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The series kicks off when Dale Washberg (Tim Blake Nelson), a member of a powerful Oklahoma family, pens a suicide note, hides it inside a book on his shelves, and then shoots himself in the head.—
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“Scribbles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scribbles. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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