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Recent Examples of scrawled
Pinned to their random assortment of hats were scrawled, handmade signs proclaiming liberty or death.
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Sarah M.s. Pearsall,
The Conversation,
2 July 2026
On the wall across the bar are autographs of former USMNT greats, scrawled inside a mighty shield.
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Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
2 July 2026
There was little or no organization among them, and some were scrawled in barely decipherable handwriting.
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Joaquin Sapien,
ProPublica,
30 June 2026
Over 21,000 names per year from every state in the union are scrawled inside the visitors book at Boise State’s Hall of Fame, all to step beyond those glass doors and to stand right on the edge of a blue field that’s become a one-of-a-kind symbol in sports over the past four decades.
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Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
15 June 2026
The superintendent says last week, a phrase supporting Hitler was scrawled in an eighth-grade bathroom.
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Brandon Truitt,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
With horrifying regularity, a young man carries out a mass shooting with weapons bearing neo-Nazi or hateful references scrawled in white.
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Ali Breland,
The Atlantic,
20 May 2026
Two earlier copies contain the poem in Old English, but as afterthoughts — translated from Latin and scrawled into the margin or appended but not within the text’s main body, according to the researchers.
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Andrea Rosa,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2026
One determined boy, maybe four or five, held a piece of green construction paper with a message scrawled on the front.
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Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
13 May 2026
Sarah M.s. Pearsall,
The Conversation,
2 July 2026
On the wall across the bar are autographs of former USMNT greats, scrawled inside a mighty shield.
—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
2 July 2026
There was little or no organization among them, and some were scrawled in barely decipherable handwriting.
—
Joaquin Sapien,
ProPublica,
30 June 2026
Over 21,000 names per year from every state in the union are scrawled inside the visitors book at Boise State’s Hall of Fame, all to step beyond those glass doors and to stand right on the edge of a blue field that’s become a one-of-a-kind symbol in sports over the past four decades.
—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
15 June 2026
The superintendent says last week, a phrase supporting Hitler was scrawled in an eighth-grade bathroom.
—
Brandon Truitt,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
With horrifying regularity, a young man carries out a mass shooting with weapons bearing neo-Nazi or hateful references scrawled in white.
—
Ali Breland,
The Atlantic,
20 May 2026
Two earlier copies contain the poem in Old English, but as afterthoughts — translated from Latin and scrawled into the margin or appended but not within the text’s main body, according to the researchers.
—
Andrea Rosa,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2026
One determined boy, maybe four or five, held a piece of green construction paper with a message scrawled on the front.
—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
13 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrawled
scribbled
Verb
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Her Eras Tour, the really beautiful white gown with her lyrics that were scribbled across the dress that was custom Vivienne.
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Abraham Lincoln furiously scribbled in Springfield on June 27, 1858, firing off a gruff note to the editor-in-chief of the Chicago Press & Tribune, then in business for only 11 years.
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“Scrawled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrawled. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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