| 单词 | scrabble |
| 例句 | You could hear them scrambling around inside the metal pot, scrabbling up to escape the steam. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I worked in silence but for the crying of owls, the scrabbling of mice, and the knocking of my heart against my ribs. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Before Frodo could stop him, he sat down, swung his legs over the brink, and twisted round, scrabbling with his toes for a foothold. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Then he scrabbled around, and I heard the dry stones clank together like money. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The happy hens scrabbled in the dirt for bugs and worms. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z A thousand millions scrabbled the crust of the earth. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z His fingers scrabbled with the peanut shells on the bar top. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The monkey would scrabble around, trying to escape, and the sergeant would say, “OKAY, I GOT HIM. HE’S PINNED.” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Herbie’s heart sank as he observed new ants methodically plodding into the death arenas around the sugary spots; they paid no attention to the shapeless compatriots over which their tiny feet scrabbled. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a scrabbling that came from the ground, and I looked over to where Collins lay. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z In his dream he was climbing again, pulling himself up an ancient windowless tower, his fingers forcing themselves between blackened stones, his feet scrabbling for purchase. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She could hear the Special’s fingers and feet scrabbling for purchase. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z He tried to wrench free, then he turned and fell to scrabbling on the littered table behind him. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Down below, the scrabbling of rats’ feet and the monotonous thud of the ram continued. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I kept scrabbling through the items in Doc’s cabin, searching for… “The dirt! The brick dust and graveyard dirt! Do you see any?” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He wrote hurriedly, in scrabbling handwriting: When I saw her in the light she was quite an old woman, fifty years old at least. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He scrabbled to get it off as Toby threw himself out of the car. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z His fingers scrabbled for the thin pipe, miraculously caught hold before he sank again. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The singer's hand came crawling out from beneath the dead animal, scrabbling in the dirt like a spider with five legs. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z His foot scrabbled desperately but couldn’t find anything to kick. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z The heroism and glamour might be there somewhere, but you had to dig and scrape and scrabble through the dirt, pain, and misery to find it. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z They scrabbled through the charred ruins of houses they would not have entered before. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z One of the survivors fainted as soon as Reed landed in the longboat, but the other backed away, scrabbling for purchase in the piles of bones. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I thought it was a dragon scrabbling at the surface with its claws, just about to break free. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The scribe panicked and tried to scrabble sideways out of the bed, but Bast took hold of his shoulder and held him fast. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Soon there was a soft scrabbling of paws on wood, the latch clicked, and the door opened a fraction, just enough to admit the slight body of the cat. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z There he knelt and began scrabbling with one hand in the soft dirt. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z His arms scrabbled at the street as though to pull himself free, but his eyes were glazed, unseeing, and blood bubbled from his nostrils. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She scrabbled over the stones trying to find purchase. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The brazen rats that ran throughout the ship would often wake me with their scrabbling and squealing. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z It was worn smooth by ages of weather and didn’t have any handholds to speak o£ I slid to the ground, my hands scrabbling ineffectually. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z For a while the only sounds were the scrabbling of their boots over the rocks, their own harsh breathing, and the occasional belch or bellow from an elephant seal. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Behind him, Hooper’s hands scrabbled about in the parcel, splitting open a paper bag. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z I snap to, scrabbling with my legs until I get purchase on the top edge of the car. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z She began to move, and before Kaede could stop her she slipped on the ice, sliding down several inches, and she gasped, scrabbling for hold on the slick surface. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He was clinging to a tower miles high, and his fingers were slipping, nails scrabbling at the stone, his legs dragging him down, stupid useless dead legs. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Mr. Whiskers scrabbled his way under my blankets and made a nest for himself in my bed. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I pin her down at the wrists, but she thrashes and rips one arm free, scrabbling for a dagger at her waist. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The hand, running high on its fingertips, scrabbled through the tall grass and up onto a tree stump. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z He vaulted up the vine-covered wall, scrabbling to get over it as fast as he could. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “Down, down, down!” he yelps, scrabbling away at the air. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z I scrabble for the device, then back out of the room and pull the door all the way shut behind me, panting. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z I scrabble around in my bag for a scrap of paper. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Barely breathing now, I moved my feet up, scrabbling my crampon points across the verglas. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The rat suddenly leaped for her shoe and scrabbled its paws on her leg as it squealed with rage. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The Huntsman in bearskin flung out his arms and scrabbled at the weeds, growling in rage; the last warrior trampled the sinking man, vainly seeking a foothold to escape the deadly bog. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Pittsburgh was a city that had once sparked a rebellion, a place where one had to scrabble and scrape and fight for a chance at prosperity. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z A flight of sparrows dropped into the dust and scrabbled for bits of food and then flew off like a gray scarf twisting in the light. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Then he heard faintly a sound like sniffing; and something seemed to be scrabbling on the bark of the tree-trunk. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I fell upon my knees and scrabbled at the dirt around the stone. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Higherf' Her other hand clutched at his scales, her fingers scrabbling for purchase. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In the mornings he would scrabble out into the woods and return in the evening. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The wolf’s hind legs scrabbled at the sand. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Then I swear, she push down her cover and pull up her T-shirt and scrabble at her panties like she checkin’ to see that she got ’em on. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Beneath the debris I could hear the scrabble of tiny feet, some rodentine dark-dweller that had survived the implosion of its world. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The light was warm, promising more temperate weather in the near future, but even the sight of robins scrabbling for worms couldn’t brighten Ophie’s mood. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z She scrabbles across the floor and leaps onto Walter, licking his face and wagging so hard she topples backward. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z His hand scrabbled for the door—but, of course, that was useless. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z And he began scrabbling on the ground to retrieve the contents of his suitcase with every appearance of a man eager to be gone. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Frantically he scrabbled about, trying to find a way out. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z Probably the Luftwaffe men upstairs are already scrabbling through wreckage to help. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The face-off lasted for seconds that stretched into eternity, and then, with the scrabbling of claws, the dragon fled to the darkness at the rear of the barn. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z She clambered out of the hole and up onto the cant of the upper deck, scrabbling along until she found hatch access. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Boys flung themselves wildly from the pig track and scrabbled in the creepers, screaming. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Furiously, Kingshaw scrabbled down the last few feet, through the soaking wet grass. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z The woman dropped a hand from her face and scrabbled about on the floor, picking up the broken handle of some earthenware porringer. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I skittered and scrabbled, trying to stay upright. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Men sat skewed against their wives; children passed Vishnoo the tortoise between them, hands reaching, as he ducked and scrabbled to resist the hardships of their affection. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The chipmunk’s shrill voice cut through the silence, and its claws scrabbled up the dresser as the cat half sprang—but recollected himself in time and slipped but of the door after the grosbeak instead. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She got Brooke’s legs, which scrabbled on the ground, grabbed them, got her good shoulder underneath Brooke’s body, and lurched her up and over. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z As it scrabbled out of Bigwig’s reach, Speedwell cuffed it across the face. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z In an instant he was across the room and scrabbling at the window catch. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z You could hear the hedgehogs scrabbling into their nests. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The legs and feet scrabbled madly, and he saw that its eyes were bloodshot, rolling with fright. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Its cold, hard legs scrabbled for a hold and he felt bright stripes of pain across the backs of his arm. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He raced back up the slope, scrabbling over low stone walls, and pelted through the sheepfold, past the garden and through the cloister, still gripping his apple branch swords. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z How I scrabbled in the dirt until my fingers were bloody and raw. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She scrabbled in the sand, pushing against the pitmaster’s corpse, and her fingers brushed against the handle of his whip. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Alex lay there with his face against the hard wooden floor, his hands scrabbling against his head, unable to move, waiting for it to end. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z I heard the scrabbling of feet on dirt and dried leaves. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Then it was no longer Blackavar who was crouching in front of him but Woundwort, drenched in mud and rain, glaring and scrabbling in the silt with his great claws. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Magdalys flinched at the bang, then grabbed hold of the stirrup and scrabbled up. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z He knew there were true dungeons down in the castle cellars—oubliettes and torture chambers and dank pits where huge black rats scrabbled in the darkness. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The others skittered across the floor, wingtips scrabbling on the marble. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The word sent them scrabbling back to their hiding places. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z Ghost stood on his hind legs, scrabbling at the door. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Without waiting for the right moment—for when would a better moment come?—she scrabbled at the door latch. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z His long and yellowed claws scrabbled at the metal. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z When Ned had finally come on the scene, Rhaegar lay dead in the stream, while men of both armies scrabbled in the swirling waters for rubies knocked free of his armor. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They scrabbled and clawed their way over each other, trying to get to the top and to escape. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Ducking beneath the tree root, he scrabbled awkwardly through into a tiny cell-like space on the other side. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Brooke kicked out and hit Jule in the shoulder, scrabbling with her hands to regain her grip on the railing. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I heard Mama scrabble around in the kitchen for a bit, and then she came out with a mound of folded tinfoil that she handed over to Susie. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z There were no lights, no sound of Fang scrabbling at the door, his bark booming in welcome. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z There was a scrabbling and a pattering, and Coraline could feel her heart pounding against her ribs. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z Then he reached out, hand scrabbling through the sand, searching for something. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Thomas helped Minho as they scrabbled around the corners and crannies of the Maze, picking up as many loose stones as possible. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I’m scrabbling around in the postcards, and then something bites me and I rock back on my heels with a yelp. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I was scrabbling about under the mattress when my head suddenly bumped against something hard inside the mattress above me. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z I haul myself up to the top, groaning from the effort, kicking and scrabbling in a downright ungainly manner. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I woke with a start, scrabbling around desperately for my handbag. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I scrabble back a little ways, grabbing Manchee by his scruff and taking him with me. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z As the sun set, the rabbits fell to clawing and scrabbling in the runs. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He scrabbled for a grip on the slippery hull. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z It glanced off his shoulder, and then she was on the ground, her free hand scrabbling in the slightly damp earth, her cheek scraping against the soil. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The other was scrabbling down the side of her boot, on the camera’s blind side. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The hind legs scrabbled wildly in the air for a few seconds before the message got through: It was dead. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z His heels scrabbled at the straw as he tried to push himself into the comer, into the cold damp stone walls. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I scrabble to my feet and go to the window, open it and lean right out, then with just the very tips of my toes on the ground, I cry out for help. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Alfred scrabbled back in, reaching, feeling James' outstretched arms around his neck. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a faint scrabbling sound, up near the roof. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z The woman who’d been knocked down was scrabbling on her knees after her food. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He began scrabbling around frantically in an effort to catch hold of those that were left, but they were too quick for him. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z There was a scrabbling sound from the roof outside the arches, and he ran to the windowsill to see the first pair of hands grasping the edge of the pantiles and pulling up. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I push her up and away, locking my elbows and hiding my face in my shoulder, trying to avoid her scrabbling hands. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z She was so quiet, we could hear the crawdad scrabbling inside. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He fell to his knees and scrabbled in the straw near the horse flop. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Werfel scrabbled in the dirt and pulled out an old, rusted sword—but it was only a snapped-off hilt. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Viserion’s claws scrabbled against the stones, and the huge chains rattled as he tried to make his way to her again. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She didn’t even hear the dirt scatter beneath her as she scrabbled backward. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z His feet were scrabbling to gain purchase on the little shepherdess's pink-flowered lampshade. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z His own companions were still coming out of the entrance burrow one by one and there was a good deal of scrabbling and shuffling. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She could not breathe; her fingers scrabbled at her skin, but there was nothing there to grab onto. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “Move side to side,” instructed Furlough, scrabbling across the waxed castle floor. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z The Old Bear lifted a hand to the wind, and raven landed on his forearm, claws scrabbling against his black ringmail. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Nailer scrabbled for handholds as his world gave way. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z A few scrabbling sounds drifted down from above, scraping and tearing. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z In an unconscious gesture of television-enforced democracy, mistress and servant both scrabbled unseeingly in the same bowl of nuts. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She said she thought she heard the sound of rats, a dry scrabbling sound. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He scrabbled for a new handhold, found a rung, and pulled himself painfully away from the rush of rocks beneath. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Desperately, he scrabbled for the yo-yo and found the control he wanted. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z I swing toward the cliff face and scrabble for a handhold. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z They could both hear him scrabbling in the fallen soil. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Nailer sank, thrashing and scrabbling for the thin pipe. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I go downstairs and scrabble around in the kitchen drawer for the card that Detective Riley left. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly he saw the infuriated animal scrabbling away at the earth, and heard it growling softly as a continuous hail of earth coming from an unseen source covered it. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z They heard a hollow scrabbling sound—and then silence. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Its six clawed legs were scrabbling on the smooth. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z My vision goes black for a moment, but I scrabble to my feet anyway, hoping none of my foes will choose this moment to attack. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z When Harry knocked they heard a frantic scrabbling from inside and several booming barks. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z In the meantime, Queenie breaks free and scrabbles up the hill. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The smell of fear made his heart thunder and slaver ran from his jaws, and he reached the falling tree in stride and threw himself up the trunk, claws scrabbling at the bark for purchase. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “No!” she shouted, hands scrabbling over the surface of the door. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I scrabbled to my hands and knees—and “scrabbled” is the right word, like a great crab. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I scrabbled at the ground, but it was all gravel and my fingers slid right through. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z It landed on Jon Snow’s chest with a thump and a scrabbling of claws. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The third man scrabbled away like a crab, slipped into the pool, and then he began to climb frantically, to climb up the cliff where the water penciled down. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z The steps are breaking under my feet and he's howling in rage behind me, his hands are scrabbling at my ankles and for just a second he has me. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z He scrabbles back, then starts sniffing at some bushes like there ain’t nothing unusual going on in the world. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z I left Marco on his hands and knees, scrabbling in the darkness for another, smaller darkness that hid the light of his diamond from his furious eyes. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z I scrabble back from him, coughing and spluttering, but he stays there, sinking a little, not moving. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z The dragon moved awkwardly on the ground, like a man scrabbling on his knees and elbows, but quicker than the Domish prince would have believed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Her crow dæmon kept falling down and scrabbling up again. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z I was scrabbling around, trying to pick up some beads I’d spilled, when I heard a girl’s voice behind me. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z She fell to the ground again and dug her fingers into the winter-hard earth, scrabbling at the soil until her fingers began to bleed. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She grabbed a merlon for support, her fingers scrabbling at the rough stone. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Full of fear, he paddled and struggled, got his head up and took a breath, scrabbled his claws against rough bricks underwater and lost them again as he was dragged on. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He scrabbled in the dirt, cramming handfuls of wine-impregnated clay into his cavernous mouth. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I scrabble for something to hold on to as the door swings open, and I tumble out, a mountain of instrument cases cascading all around me. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z With my heart hammering wildly in my chest, I scoop up the other Edith’s box and scrabble down the ladder. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The ghouls scrabbled back down the rocky cliffs to the road, beneath a sky the color of bad blood, and they headed towards Ghulheim. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z A convulsion shook him and he scrabbled at the ground, covering himself in a mask of wet earth and blood. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Dany could hear sounds within the walls, a faint scurrying and scrabbling that made her think of rats. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z This assortment scrabbled unhappily against the tin of the lunch bucket. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The only noises were the rustle of leaves, the scrabbling of Quinby’s claws, and the stream talking. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z As if to mark his disregard of all such courtesy, Gollum was scrabbling in the mould at the foot of a tree. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “Sorry, Dill,” Lydia said as Dill scrabbled around on the floor to gather the pegs. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Serving as a judge on NBC’s “America’s Got Talent,” which he did for four years, also proved that his days as an outsider scrabbling for mainstream credibility were behind him. Confessor. Feminist. Adult. What the Hell Happened to Howard Stern? 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z In one story in Groff’s “Florida,” two young girls scrabble to survive, left to fend for themselves on an uninhabited island. Florida Women Are No Joke. I Should Know. 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z The set used the new material as a collection of expandable riffs developed through cool, reverb-soaked surf-rock phrases, power chords, scrabbling staccato and interludes of anything goes. Review: Yonatan Gat Shreds Protocol in a Rampant Concert 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z Westeros is in chaos — it's a political jigsaw puzzle, and somebody just turned the table over, and everybody is on the floor scrabbling for pieces. George R. R. Martin's Dance with Dragons: A Masterpiece Worthy of Tolkien 2011-07-07T03:45:00Z Buttressed between Ballard's gentrified retail core and its hard- scrabble industrialized fringe, Staple & Fancy channels both. A rave for Ethan Stowell's new Ballard restaurant, Staple & Fancy Mercantile 2010-10-14T20:47:00Z They droned and scrabbled, pinged and screeched, buzzed and pealed through Saturday afternoon at the Village Voice/4Knots Music Festival, a free indie-rock concert at Pier 17 at South Street Seaport on Saturday afternoon. Music Review: Scrambling and Personalizing the Rock Timeline 2011-07-17T22:10:21Z Despite its likable energy, Goodman’s novel does sometimes seem to be falling prey to the manic, scrabbled intensity of the games it describes. This Story of Love and Gaming Pits the Real Against the Virtual 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z I scrabbled around on my knees looking under the car but couldn't see anything unusual. 'Tony Blair called back to see if I had blown myself up' 2010-10-09T23:06:00Z Carey Mulligan dashed forward, panic-stricken, and began to frantically scrabble at the ground. Recreating an Archaeological Discovery From the Ground Down 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z His hands made bold windmill arcs, scrabbled at trills, picked off single notes and scampered through bluesy squiggles. Review: The Who Celebrate 50 Years Together by Going on Tour 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z Born to a Jewish Tunisian mother and a Muslim Moroccan father and raised in Paris, he lived for seven years in a banlieue — a hardscrabble suburb — like the one that becomes Benjamin’s home. A fairy tale with a real-life grit 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z Some dancers literally slam against its walls, while others scrabble around its floors. Dance review: 'Heaven' is a place where sound, movement meld 2010-04-02T18:19:00Z This horror and sci-fi festival would rather sift through the cultural debris for classic trash than scrabble for the latest offerings. This week's new film events 2012-06-08T23:05:16Z When the two find their way back to Charles' apartment, they embark on an intimate and let's say, not-so-safe-for-work scrabble game. Making the "Only Murders in the Building" nearly silent episode 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z Her scrabble was on point, always fluffy, bright yellow and not too buttery, perfect. Please don't invite me over to dinner: The case against home-cooked meals 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z The work is a tribute to the hard ways people scrabble together a living. Seeing Johannesburg Through Artists’ Eyes 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z They listened to each other, with reflexes faster than call-and-response, for shared stretches of glissandos or scrabbling tremolos. Music Review: Fred Frith and Nels Cline Create New Soundscapes 2014-01-19T22:12:56Z Ragged addicts scrabble in shadows like dusty lepers, and insane, emaciated women terrorize their caregivers in a comfortless psychiatric hospital. In ‘Asmodexia,’ Evil Infects Souls Like a Plague 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z Each also exuded the feeling that this was fantasy adapted by people who adored the source material, not just executives scrabbling around for a hit. Game of Thrones: how it dominated the decade – then lost its way 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z In the world of “God Help the Child,” there are few caregivers or true friends, no therapists or social workers, and so the adult victims cultivate thin shells of resistance and scrabble to seek justice. Toni Morrison’s ‘God Help the Child’ 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z Patients scrabbled for whatever dignity they could salvage during their terrifying tour through the dark forest of tubes, needles and knives. Perspective | How to survive a pandemic? Courage, resiliency and resistance to bad ideas. 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z And as soon as the sun goes down nature spends every moment of darkness scrabbling, thumping, tramping, breathing, creaking and generally impersonating every possible type of assassin. I'm being patronised. It's wonderful 2010-09-16T11:50:00Z But as soon as Rick’s people and the story itself resume their usual scrabbling to Just Survive Somehow, how much will that matter? “It feels like we’re watching misery porn”: Salon’s “The Walking Dead” experts break down the show’s issues with race and representation 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z It's human nature to press at the boundaries of stories, to scrabble at the edges, to want to know what's going on just out of range of the camera. The Boy Who Lived Forever 2011-07-07T09:15:00Z Then I jam it in somehow, scrabbling and slipping, as I bring my right foot back down and in under the left. You Have to Let Go to Move On 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z It has built a reputation for scrabbling through the dust of history to let the talented forgotten shine out. Numero Group: the crate-digging record label's top 10 2013-06-13T16:05:50Z At 11, the baby of the family was supposed to be at school, not scrabbling for money. Buzkashi Boys shoots for Oscar with tale of Afghan child dreamers 2013-02-15T18:28:28Z Some people tried to lock the beasts out as they scrabbled at the door. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: New York, from the bizarre to the truly bizarre 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z And so the Cliffs Notes-like introduction is a frantic scrabble to get back into charted territory. A Dystopian Thriller From Joyce Carol Oates 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z Writing is quiet, reflective work like cooking and foraging, and scrabbling to string words together is a lot like scouring the forest for wild edibles. How acclaimed Chicago chef Iliana Regan found her bliss in the woods 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z I wanted to be swept along on a rock tour, sing Tiny Dancer on a bus from Topeka, play scrabble with Humble Pie and look great in velvet flares. Why I'd like to be … Patrick Fugit in Almost Famous 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z This has run the full spectrum from reading Geoff Dyer's brilliant book to playing phone scrabble and picking my toes. Reading group: Sons and Lovers is getting me down 2013-06-13T08:58:55Z The tortured dreamers and schemers of his autumnal writing scrabble after the minimal comforts — sex and alcohol, or maybe just companionship in misfortune — that can still provide furtive moments of pleasures in bleak lives. Theater: New Light, Long After His Sun Set 2011-02-13T01:06:05Z As a consequence, those back home — disproportionately African-American workers — who found themselves living in economic exile, scrabbling to get by, began showing up in similarly disproportionate numbers in the country’s rapidly expanding prison archipelago. Why Etan Patz still haunts us 2012-05-25T18:00:00Z Tom is not against sucking up in order to further his career and often deliberately loses in games of online scrabble with Ron Swanson to get on his good side. Parks and Recreation: meet the characters 2013-03-06T11:35:56Z But with this version, there will be no scrabbling around interior pockets for the phone as the watch face is on the outside. Rich Accessories, in More Ways Than One 2012-09-23T17:48:06Z Common sense would suggest face down, grabbing for the lost ball, attempting to swim, scrabbling, desperately floundering. Don't Look Now and Roeg's red coat 2011-01-18T20:30:03Z Its rough magic depends on collaboration – from the harmonious to the competing scrabble of hierarchy. Are plays proper literature? 2010-05-27T14:13:00Z On the Haitian side, the houses were made of mud or crude wooden boards scrabbled together. Driving the Seam of Hispaniola 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z The way she was written out infuriated Barr and divided fans of the comedy about a blue-collar American family scrabbling to get by. Roseanne calls TV death 'morbid,' audience slumps for 'The Conners' 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z He can feel a trickle of blood from the side of his head and insects scrabbling away. Elementary, my dear Cumberbatch 2010-07-16T23:02:00Z And he knows why some words, such as “paradigm” and “integrity,” are evergreen: because they’re broad, abstract concepts that leave us scrabbling for specificity and certainty. For many people, the search for meaning in the coronavirus pandemic starts with the dictionary 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z And in the Velvet Underground’s “Sister Ray” both Feelies guitarists, Mr. Mercer and Bill Million, joined the band, making the sound wider and taller, with strummed rhythm and scrabbled lead. Music Review: Yo La Tengo at Maxwell’s in Hoboken, N.J. 2012-12-11T22:59:30Z This fictional tapestry weaves together five female characters scrabbling with the expectations and constrictions of a country where reproductive rights are severely curtailed. 'Red Clocks' imagines a dystopia that feels eerily close to home 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z Ruthie, separated from her husband, is scrabbling to keep her toehold in the middle class after being forced out of her job at a local museum by a conniving board member. 4 Writers to Watch This Summer 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z Possibly to save audiences from a similar fate, we were never permitted to see these terrors, leaving us as sightless as the movie’s scrabbling survivors. ‘Bird Box Barcelona’ Review: Blind Faith 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z In addition to the costs incurred by the studio and producers, the departures also prompted scrabbling by companies with Bond sponsorship deals, many of which plan campaigns in line with new releases. Selling James Bond: why No Time to Die is a product placement dream 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z The sand was pockmarked with depressions and the marks of scrabbling appendages and digging tails. Millions of horseshoe crabs spawn on the shores of Delaware Bay each year. Here’s how to see them. 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z Left alone in his bedroom one day I found myself scrabbling around under his bed looking for secrets and – bingo! My partner wants her ex to stay over, and it makes me worry | Dear Mariella 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z Dunham has mastered a tone that is conspiratorial and funny, her mind always darting down the darkest path but then scrabbling back onto safe ground before you realize where you've been. Lena Dunham and Laurie Penny rewrite womanhood for the 21st century 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z Booth repeatedly collapses to the floor and scrabbles around in diminishing pools of light. Kafka Fragments – review 2013-04-01T10:55:02Z In this scene, one plucky iguana was set upon by a swarm of snakes, only to miraculously wriggle free and scrabble up the surrounding rocks, serpents nipping fruitlessly at its heels. ‘Planet Earth II’: A Lizard’s Great Escape 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z Then we scrabbled down the old steps through narrow passages. In Portugal, uncorking some unexpected culinary delights 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z But they were set in contentious arrangements: with noisily scrabbling guitar, sudden drum interruptions or choppy meter shifts that made the melodies sound even stronger for withstanding the attacks. Music Review: ‘Brazilian Explorative Music,’ a Concert of Experimentation 2014-01-16T23:21:55Z I was locked in the lobby, and I scrabbled at the door like a mad man. ArtsBeat: In the Next Broadway Development, Jeffrey Tambor Joins 'La Cage aux Folles' 2010-12-08T17:46:00Z Diggs exudes urgency as a traumatised man scrabbling to hold it all together. Daveed Diggs: ‘Days before I started on Hamilton, I got thrown against a fence by police’ 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z Reviewing it for the , Anne Enright described it as "seven perfect short stories" in which "the hurts she describes are so ancient and keen that we find ourselves scrabbling for a timeline." Claire Keegan 2010-09-04T23:06:00Z Three months later, he stepped into the mountains, where he would slip on narrow paths and scrabble up rockfaces, stopping at night in hiker huts to share meals and bedrooms with strangers. Destinations Await in the Summer’s Best Travel Books 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z Germany Year Zero is ostensibly about a 13-year-old scrabbling to survive in the chaos of defeated Germany, but it's the ruined city itself, with broken buldings and dubious denizens, that is the real subject.• 10 of the best films set in Berlin 2011-08-17T09:51:19Z They separated under the strain of Elba moving back and forth between Britain and the States, scrabbling for work. Idris Elba: ‘My ambition is boundless’ 2018-08-18T04:00:00Z According to TMZ, the leaked footage shows a German shepherd being forced into a pool that is meant to recreate rapids, and scrabbling at the bank in an effort to resist. A Dog's Purpose premiere cancelled after video of stunt dog 'in distress' 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z And doesn't scrabbling around for snacks distract from the film itself? Is edible cinema a tasty new way to enjoy films? 2012-05-17T10:22:01Z Come on, girls, scrabble desperately for this fateful bundle of foliage because it's the only chance you have to influence the future of your own relationship. How to have a feminist wedding 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z I ask if that closeness makes it harder for him to torture them on the show, such as in the infamous “boar on the floor” segment, when Logan makes family members scrabble for sausages. Succession’s Brian Cox: ‘I was touched up by Princess Margaret’ 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z With "Nevermind," however, audiences caught on quickly, leaving cultural commentators scrabbling to hook on to a hurtling zeitgeist. "Nevermind" 30 years on — how Nirvana’s second album tilted the world on its axis 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z According to the , Suggs was "scrabbling about, going to records offices and the British Library". Suggs: Web revealed dad's death 2012-08-24T12:54:26Z If New York overcame the hard scrabble ’70s, the afterlife of Mr. Grooms’s masterpiece has been more fraught. Art Is Fleeting, but Red Grooms Is Forever 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z When things get going, they really go gonzo, and we’re scrabbling to hang on by our fingernails throughout the climax. Review | Stephen Graham Jones’s ‘My Heart Is a Chainsaw’ will delight horror movie fans 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z In the undergrowth to his right, something scrabbles. Extract: The Whales by Evie Wyld 2010-09-06T13:47:00Z There's a note of desperation from Elizabeth Fraser, meanwhile scrabbling around for value in the Cocteau Twins' powerfully stirring In the Gold Rush Dust. Readers recommend: songs about gold – results 2012-07-26T15:03:00Z Though there were some imprecise entrances and occasional scrabbled passages in his “Fidelio,” he brought breadth, shape and character to Beethoven’s score over all, and provided sensitive support to the cast and chorus. Review: Spruce and Taut, the Met Opera’s ‘Fidelio’ Looks Good at 17 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z Almost all organisations are underfunded and scrabble around for corporate gifts, competing with each other. Crude awakening: BP and the Tate 2010-06-30T20:31:00Z But she scrabbled together not quite a dozen students and developed a curriculum that now includes assignments such as “What is a written or oral tradition your speakers have in their culture?” How a community of obscure language inventors made it big with ‘Game of Thrones’ 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z And as long as we’re scrabbling over scraps with one another, it keeps them off of our radar. There's a huge row over reclining your airline seat. Is capitalism to blame? 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z One good gunshot and the car ends up on the edge of a cliff, it’s driver wounded and scrabbling. 'Keeping the British end up': Roger Moore's career in clips 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z They’re capable of taking scrabbling, small advantage of a rich country’s misfortune, because they live in the cracks. David Simon, J. Cole, Patricia Lockwood and Others on Social Issues as Manifested in Art 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z He used delay and reverb on his trumpet, in long, floating tones and scrabbling figures; his music got closer to the ideal of pure abstraction than that of many of his colleagues. Bill Dixon, Voice of Avant-Garde Jazz, Dies at 84 2010-06-19T21:25:00Z They're all scrabbling around trying to get access to celebrities who they think – wrongly – will boost their circulations. From Rhys Ifans to Madonna: writers on their worst celebrity interviews 2013-06-07T17:06:35Z “Death of Magic Thinking” meshes a pummeling march with a Bo Diddley beat and multiple jabbing, scrabbling guitars, steamrollering through a skewed chord progression and a tale of adolescent bewilderment. Elvis Costello & the Imposters Are Still Blasting Away 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z “Margin Call” may remind you of “The Social Network” in the way it charges the stubbornly undramatic activities of looking at screens and scrabbling at keyboards with intensity and suspense. Critic?s Notebook: Modest Methods, Big Ambitions 2011-03-22T22:58:03Z Eventually, back at home and living with his cherished girlfriend, another addict, his life is reduced to the daily scrabble of getting the next fix. Review | The best audiobooks to listen to this month 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z Hollywood is scrabbling to put on the screen properties people already know. From Harry Potter to Narnia: the pressure on film franchises to perform 2010-12-09T22:59:00Z We know this moment, the Saturn return, the scrabbling existential crisis you have in your late 20s. Plot Twist: Your Big Secret Crush Is Also Your Housemate 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z It's this sense of scrabbling around in the dirt that underlines the glowering Invisible Giving, premiered here, which pummels and scratches throughout its ever-changing seven minutes. Mariam the Believer – Invisible Giving: New music 2013-06-04T06:00:00Z The likes of The Simpsons, Spaced and Family Guy would be scrabbling for content, and king of the nerds Kevin Smith would probably still be working in a convenience store. Can you imagine a world without Star Wars, Harry Potter or Oasis? 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z I scrabbled away with my trowel, trying to unearth the bones of wild animals – I felt sure that elk and wolves and even mammoths had passed that way. Holloway by Robert Macfarlane, Stanley Donwood, Dan Richards – review 2013-07-19T07:00:01Z The tunes stay within stylistic boundaries, neatly placing their hooks and melodies and sometimes, as in “Evidence,” methodically working up its guitars to scrabble and blare. Music Review: Growing Older With Less Empathy 2010-10-15T22:59:00Z A contemporary described Turner 'pouring wet paint on to the paper till it was saturated, he tore, he scratched, he scrabbled in a kind of frenzy.' The 10 best watercolours 2011-04-09T23:05:56Z Because pretension is measured against the baseline “norm” of the accuser, there is an assumption that pretension always involves scrabbling up the class ladder. In defence of pretentiousness | Dan Fox 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z Apemen scrabble for food in a rocky wilderness, cowering in fear of wild beasts, screaming abuse at rival tribes from a discreet distance. 2001: A Space Odyssey: Archive review 2010-10-21T10:54:00Z We’ll have to scrabble together what scraps of learning we can — just like the scientists, scholars, sauce makers and stroke survivors featured in this month’s romances. Sauce Makers and Scoundrels: Four Hot Romance Novels 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z In “Rough for Theater I,” which opens the program, Mr. Houben scrabbles around the plain platform on which all the plays take place, using a long stick to help roll his wheelchair to and fro. | 'Fragments': ?Fragments? at Baryshnikov Arts Center - Review 2011-11-15T22:05:03Z A woman who buried herself alive for the sake of survival, Ella never scrabbles her way to the surface again. Review: Distant Storytelling Leaves ‘Man to Man’ Cold 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z They scrabbled together the money for a 3D scan because, Annie says, “I wanted to be able to say goodbye to my baby.” 'I saw his fluffy little head going out the door': one woman's fight to keep her baby 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z The knock-on effect is of fewer comics scrabbling together their life savings to risk it all on their heartfelt retelling of the life of Nabokov through puppets. Edinburgh comedy notebook: TV is making comedy better ? and worse 2011-08-26T14:38:24Z Brockmire then disappeared into an alcoholic downward spiral, calling cockfights in Asia and starring in a Filipino rip-off of “Hart to Hart,” among other things, as he scrabbled through the dregs of his sanity. There is joy in Morristown: Salon talks to Hank Azaria, star of “Brockmire” 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z After graduation, Tom moved to London and began to scrabble around in the world of newspapers and magazines. Tom Lubbock obituary 2011-01-10T18:34:36Z But the device doesn’t impede our engagement with Mr. Torres’s spare, haunting story of a boy scrabbling toward wisdom about the adult world and his place in it. Books of The Times: ?We the Animals,? by Justin Torres - Review 2011-09-01T22:00:18Z Set in Taranto, an Italian port city where a contamination disaster has poisoned the area and caused the remaining residents to scrabble for survival, the story focuses on two orphans. ‘Mondocane’ Review: Fractured Friendship, Fractured World 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z But no, this was the most unpleasant shower yet, a collection of bankers, property developers and mortgage brokers scrabbling to succeed at each others' expense, made more desperately back-stabbing, not more empathetic, by hard times. If The Apprentice is capitalism, bring on the revolution 2010-10-07T13:30:00Z And, from Sonic Youth, an amalgam of both, as terse, punky verses dissolved into scrabbling, squalling, ringing guitar passages, cataclysmic and monumental. Music Review: Allies in Improvisation and in a Cause 2011-03-28T23:31:42Z Hundreds of thousands of people are still living under plastic sheets despite the onset of the hurricane season, scrabbling for scarce food or work. A hip hop president for Haiti? 2010-08-06T11:52:00Z He fell, crumpling onto the bay window roof, slithered crossways, scrabbling at the tiles, and skidded over the edge. Extract: Moon Pie by Simon Mason 2011-07-29T09:59:02Z Even Dave Murphy, scrabbling to save the Golden Lion, could see that. The death and life of the great British pub | Tom Lamont 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z The total number of broadcasters planning to attend was still to be confirmed on Friday night, as producers scrabbled to organise coverage of an event that would normally require months of preparation. Thatcher's funeral to be beamed to millions worldwide 2013-04-12T17:48:39Z But Mr. Young’s voice was pure and precise, and his lead guitar could peal with straightforward melodies, or scrabble with frenetic intensity, or plunge to grapple with subterranean forces. Music Review: Global Citizen Festival, With Neil Young, to Combat Poverty 2012-09-30T16:23:44Z Video online showed rescuers scrabbling through snow-covered concrete rubble on a basketball court to find survivors. Chinese alarm after second gym collapse in Heilongjiang province kills three 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z Videos on social media showed people scrabbling amid burnt-out buildings, digging frantically to try to find survivors. Airstrikes flatten blocks of Gaza refugee camp, bringing rage, grief and a perilous new phase of war 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z "If they leave, either the jobs disappear entirely, or factories scrabble to receive orders from footloose buying agents who care only about cheap labour and do not worry about factory conditions," Bowman told Reuters. H&M probes Myanmar factory abuses as pressure intensifies 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z The policy spurs a scrabble for more hard currency. Venezuela's bolivar weakens against the U.S. dollar as inflation rages 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z Ministers have been scrabbling about looking for money within existing budgets. Chris Mason: Will the pay offer stop the strikes? 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z Like my parents and many others I knew in the South Bronx, they scrabble to hang on and perhaps wonder if anyone sees or hears their distress. What I learned from the South Bronx — and how it can help us today 2023-07-09T04:00:00Z Things like wheelchair basketballers falling over, people running on blades and blind footballers scrabbling to save a goal. What's going on with the Paralympics TikTok? 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z Swiss lawmakers have since scrabbled together six counterproposals. War in Ukraine Puts Centuries of Swiss Neutrality to the Test 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z At the novel’s outset, Ezra scrabbles through his world with honest hunger and understandable, if sometimes pedantic, disdain for those with more than him. Review | ‘Confidence’ skewers the rich in a most satisfying, clever way 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z Many are staying in ramshackle homes with sparse utilities at very low rents or cheap guesthouses, while they try to scrabble together funds to continue their journey. The Cameroonian migrants stranded on an island they had not heard of 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z Who cares who “wins” more money among such a scrabbling bunch? Perspective | Claiming to be ‘Golf, but louder,’ LIV’s sound and fury signify nothing 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z She scrabbles to find her reason for being. Acclaimed chef Iliana Regan finds a sense of belonging in the forest 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z Fossil-finding outings were a relief — an invitation to crouch, touch, lose myself in evidence of skittering and scrabbling, tethering myself to a past and a future. Why I Hunt for Sidewalk Fossils 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z At a time when restaurants are scrabbling for waitstaff, part of a broader labor shortage, Bacchanalia one recent afternoon was crawling with employees. Recession? What Recession? Pass Me Some Grapes. 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z "I had no idea how long it would take the officers to get there, so we scrabbled about for things to talk about," the 39-year-old says. West Yorkshire Police: On shift with the 999 call handlers 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z To academics and critics scrabbling away in the ideological playpens constructed by the likes of Clement Greenberg, Michael Fried and Rosalind Krauss, Freud’s stubborn devotion to the possibilities of realist portraiture was vexing. Perspective | Lucian Freud captured intimacy, even when his subjects were clothed 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z In the scrabble to get out, people punched and clawed holes in the wall to try and pull themselves free. Indonesia football crush: How the disaster unfolded 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z A few weeks ago, she was done, played out, scrabbling for confidence and just hoping for a decent ceremonial farewell at the U.S. Perspective | Serena Williams, master of her mind and body, summons a champion’s resolve 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z But Cox triumphs as the wily magnate scrabbling to control his empire and out-maneuver his equally venal brood. AP Emmy pundits call a win for ‘Succession,’ split on comedy 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z The words recession and Europe, made from letters of a scrabble game, are seen in this illustration picture taken in Ljubljana, November 15, 2012. Morning Bid: Europe set to sour the U.S. sugar high 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z Countries around the world, including the UK, are suddenly scrabbling to get hold of the vaccine. Monkeypox: Lack of vaccines pauses rollout in Brighton 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z In the second half, Roper hit the ball into the bottom-right corner on the run, before he scrabbled to get the ball across the line to put England 5-3 up. England's men win Commonwealth hockey bronze 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z When the West imposed sanctions on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, Moscow withdrew the Soyuz vehicles from the market, leaving OneWeb scrabbling for alternative rides. Satellite firms Eutelsat and OneWeb aim to combine operations 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z He no longer spends all of his waking hours in a frantic scrabble of panhandling and “other stuff” to scrape up the cash to pay a dealer. Fentanyl From the Government? A Vancouver Experiment Aims to Stop Overdoses 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z A summer or fall of demonstrations probably would send the other political factions scrabbling for the cleric’s support. Iraq’s wild-card cleric upends politics as summer’s heat descends 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z There is little suggestion of violence, of scrabbling for survival. On Strawberry Fanta and Other Treats Imbued With Divine Status 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z They endure endless footfalls, scrabbling pet claws, pulled furniture, spilled drinks and so much more. Flooring picks for the high-traffic areas of your home 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z In fact, it looks like a puppy scrabbling to accelerate on a wooden floor. Want to make robots run faster? Try letting AI take control 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z The men ducked into the trench, hands scrabbling at the soil as they pressed themselves into the side. 'Now it’s no mercy,' Ukrainian soldiers vow, as a showdown with Russian forces nears 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z Maybe it was his downward gaze that allowed Jackson to see the scrap of paper scrabbling by in the wind. Beaten by the Klan in 1963, a Black man just spoke to the White pastor who helped rescue him 2022-02-12T05:00:00Z And sharp-eared coyotes, foxes and owls listen for the scrabbling of little feet and plunge headfirst through several feet of snow in hopes of a meal. Why does snow glow blue? How could a fly possibly survive high-elevation elements? Join us for an exploration of Washington’s winter wonders. 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z However, that could change quite rapidly if Russian gas becomes scarce, causing a knock-on effect as other countries scrabble for alternative supplies. Will Russia-Ukraine tensions push up UK gas bills? 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z Her rivals cantered on as she scrabbled on the floor. 'I was just so happy to survive' - Hassan reflects on epic Olympic treble bid 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z Today's equivalent might be a sewer worker - but rather than scrabbling through effluvia for scrap metal they go underground for maintenance, such as the grim job of clearing fatbergs. London's callings: Odd, obsolete and old jobs in the capital 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z "Schools are desperate to stay open… We're all scrabbling around trying to find people, and there just aren't the candidates out there." Covid: Doubts that ex-teachers will return by January 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z Distant sirens, a squirrel scrabbling on my roof, or a truck rumbling past — these all got past the buds. The QuietOn 3 earbuds use ANC to help you sleep 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z “But it does seem absurd that we’d travel from so far to scrabble around and get dirty in the hot swamp.” The race to defuse Congo’s carbon bomb But Whitehall officials have for months been scrabbling for an alternative after the Biden administration indicated it was in no hurry to resume talks. BBC specialists look at the prospects for UK-US trade 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z There was a substantial amount of tussling and wrestling with Joel Matip, in particular, the two scrabbling for every inch of ground. Chelsea Proves a Point While Collecting One at Liverpool 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z Belotti shuffled and writhed and scrabbled at the turf with his outstretched legs, protecting his possession until help arrived. Italy Shows Some Grit Just as the Results Start to Matter 2021-06-26T04:00:00Z To find it, he and his colleagues spent three days in the Sooretama Biological Reserve, in Brazil, scrabbling through leaf litter, prying up rocks, logs, and tree-bark with their hands. Making Sense of the Great Whip Spider Boom 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z “Where are my thongs?” she muttered while scrabbling around on the floor for her footwear. Perspective | Rubber sole: More adventures in what most people call ‘flip-flops’ 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z He occupied himself reading electronic books on loan from the New York Public Library and playing scrabble online with friends. 'Old age is not for sissies': 89-year-old New Yorker looks forward to dance parties 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z Other problems might involve several players all scrabbling for a door at the same time, or even non-player characters. Why game developers can’t get a handle on doors 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z The Arsenal team he joined was a fixture in the Champions League; the one he left was scrabbling to claim a place in the Europa League. Thanks for the Moments, Mesut Özil 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z Others try to find the best prospects by scrabbling underwater with a snorkel mask. Thai women gold panners are rare winners in COVID-hit economy 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z Few housekeepers have much in the way of savings, let alone shares of stock, which means they are scrabbling for dollars as the wealthiest of their clients are prospering courtesy of the recent bull market. Housekeepers Face a Disaster Generations in the Making 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z "I am so grateful for every smile, kiss, hug, snuggle, laugh, scrabble game, escape room, breakfast, lunch and dinner we share together." Zooey Deschanel, Jonathan Scott celebrate 1 year of knowing one another: 'How time flies' 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z We were a small office, scrabbling around trying to keep on top of the mayhem. VIRUS DIARY: A friend dies but leaves something to hold onto 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z "Families were left scrabbling for solutions," says Ms Chang. How pods and zutors are changing homeschooling 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z "Doctors scrabbled to do the most urgent of surgeries, portering, scrubbing the floors, working with one or two remaining nursing staff. Matrons were washing linen," one doctor wrote by email. Inside South Africa's 'hospitals of horrors' 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z “It is very difficult for a lot of people to understand why those words are still acceptable in Scrabble,” said Stefan Fatsis, the author of a book on competitive scrabble, “Word Freak.” Scrabble Tournaments Move Toward Banning Racial and Ethnic Slurs 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z But the video shows him then scrabbling to the door and trying to open it or drag himself up before another shot makes him let go and falls. San Diego police release video of suspect shooting 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z After the first stillness, there was a wave of anxious self-interest, a predictable and not always seemly scrabble for resources as parents and children put in the huge work of setting up online. Overcoming fears, discovering nature ... what I have learned from lockdown 2020-06-13T04:00:00Z Countries are scrabbling to buy up stocks in hope of saving lives. How were medical journals and WHO caught out over hydroxychloroquine? 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z "We've been doing scrabble instead of spelling as I decided I couldn't do another spelling test," said Rebecca Morgan. Tough school decisions for families on the border 2020-05-23T04:00:00Z As politicians scrabble around, desperate to appear in control, it is clear they are not. We are struggling with an impossible pain: how to grieve for 10,000 people | Suzanne Moore 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z The name of the game is crabs-in-a-bucket: If one candidate scrabbles and claws up from the tangle, the others reach up and pull. Opinion | Why is Mike Bloomberg joining the debate? Because he might win it. 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z The Road by Cormac McCarthy Though the exact cause of the calamity that necessitates all kinds of scrabbling barbarism remains unclear, its human ramifications are described with ruthless specificity. Top 10 books of eco-fiction | Michael Christie 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z While Mr. Sanders and Senator Elizabeth Warren scrabble for the progressive Democratic base, Mr. Buttigieg is showing up mainly in counties that voted for Mr. Obama before flipping to Mr. Trump. Pete Buttigieg Once Led in Iowa. Can He Get His Groove Back? 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z In the crystal ball of my mind, Australian boat people flounder in the channel in cork-decorated hats, and sunburnt cockneys scrabble at the recently fortified Scottish border for the last of the Highland Spring. I’m seeing stars… but thanks to Elon Musk, not for much longer | Stewart Lee 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z Alternatively, you might prefer charades or board games - but beware the Christmas scrabble row. Nine lessons for a happy family Christmas 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z There was a constant blur of black as City advanced at their opponent and had them scrabbling. Gabriel Jesus’s double gets City back on track with a 4-1 win at Burnley 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z His hushed style of rapping, unusual production methods and ability to reconstruct soul, punk, reggae and hip-hop into strange new shapes has long left critics scrabbling for words to define his 13-album career. Tricky: ‘I’ve lost people before and bounced back. This is different’ 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z She had lost an earring on the floor of her hotel bedroom, and she and Glendinning had scrabbled around on their knees. A Memorial for the Remarkable Martha Gellhorn 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z "It's because of limited opportunities we've been afforded historically," he suggested, "so there's this scrabbling for the scraps." The talking points at Toronto's film festival 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z In the new, strange silence we scrabbled up and down mountainsides, tripping, turning our ankles, trying to find our lost river. Opinion | Lost in Alaskan Wilderness, I Found My Anti-Home 2019-08-31T04:00:00Z One of the world’s oldest exchanges was unable to handle trades at its scheduled open time, and administrators scrabbled to reassure investors. London Stock Exchange Delays Opening After Technical Problem 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z Rather, Sanders has become something considerably less buzz-worthy, just another candidate scrabbling to break from the pack of presidential hopefuls, many staking positions similar — if not identical — to his own. Bernie Sanders hasn't changed. Is that his strength or a weakness? 2019-07-27T04:00:00Z He had been designated for assignment by the Miami Marlins after scrabbling to find a foothold with the team. Dillon Peters flashes his promise in Angels' victory over Mariners 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z It had all the elements: America’s most ambitious politicians scrabbling for air time. Analysis: Tell us everything (but keep it to 60 seconds) 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z “My silicon chip, my ambition silicon chip, has been programmed to try and scrabble my way up this cursus honorum, this ladder of things. . . . I think British society is designed like that.” The Empty Promise of Boris Johnson 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z It all began when Waller-Bridge, a graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, “was scrabbling around trying to get anyone to give me any kind of job and failing massively,” she recalls. Phoebe Waller-Bridge finds God and naughty glee in ‘Fleabag’s’ second season 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z "Had we been just a little slower in getting served, we could so easily have been the parts others would have scrabbled over on the floor." 'I held my breath and wished to die quickly' 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z Kelly Kimball’s two daughters learned how to spell by playing scrabble at Books Ink. Some South Texas stores give away books to promote reading 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z Immediately, he was on top of me, wrenching my dressing gown open, scrabbling at the front of his jeans, his weight was pinning me down, grinding my shoulder blades into the floor. “Medusa” 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z However, the rest of her siblings aren't exactly scrabbling around the back of the sofa for loose change. The truth behind the Kardashians' millions 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z I messaged her frantically, fingers scrabbling at the keys. “Lulu” 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z “That’s people scrabbling who don’t understand science. The point of exercises like the Eat-Lancet is to draw upon the best knowledge available. The people who criticise it usually haven’t got any knowledge at all.” How diet became the latest front in the culture wars 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z "Just as nurses shouldn't have to go to food banks, artists shouldn't have to scrabble around." Turning disused buildings into artist studios 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z I set them up in exactly parallel structures, putting them in the same situations over and over — one of them scrabbling up from the bottom, one from privilege. How playwright Kate Hamill brought a modern sensibility to a 19th-century novel 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z He spent last year scrabbling to find a foothold with the Marlins despite being ranked by Baseball America as their 11th-best prospect after the 2017 season. Angels pitcher Dillon Peters ready to give new-look fastball a whirl 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z The young men staying there play scrabble or lie quietly on camp beds, grateful that the worst seems behind them. As Migrant Routes Shift, a French Mayor Offers Shelter 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z Her nerves twitched and jerked as she struggled not to scrabble on the ground for a fist-sized rock or a sharpened stick. A mysterious lever can reset the world. Do you pull it? 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Opposite is a row of diamond dealers, where local artisanal “diggers” sell stones scrabbled from red earth in makeshift mines among the verdant hills around the city. ‘Things must change’: DRC hopes for fresh start as election looms 2018-12-15T05:00:00Z But in the scrabble for details, photographs of previous fires in California and elsewhere have been unwittingly muddled in with legitimate images of the ongoing fires. The photos not from the California fires 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z The women scrabble to get into a van bearing the slogan: “Parenting with Joy”. 'We see mothers die and children die': Uganda's teen pregnancy crisis | Suzanne Moore 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z Wamba traveled to Turkey, where he spent months scrabbling together the money to pay a smuggler for the treacherous dinghy journey to Greece. From Congo to Greece's basketball league: a migrant boy's journey 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z Evans, who earns $11.50 an hour, had to scrabble to find the money to replace their bedroom set, their sofa, chairs, coffee tables and all his tools. Escaping a major storm like Florence is tough. It's even tougher when you're broke. 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z Diminishing hyperbole reserves now leave Today favourite Bernard Jenkin scrabbling, like Johnson, for ever more desperate analogies with which to convey the strange violence of his feelings. Brexit is lost in toxic masculinity. No wonder women are turning against it | Catherine Bennett 2018-09-09T04:00:00Z Former Treasurer Scott Morrison prevailed in Friday’s internal party scrabble, ousting Malcolm Turnbull —marking the sixth time Australia has switched prime ministers in about a decade. Australia’s Conservative Infighting Claims Another Victim 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z Tesla is struggling to hit its production targets, and having quality concerns in the scrabble to hit them. Elon Musk – the charismatic capitalist putting his business on the line | James Ball 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z “I can give you a bit of, well – something,” he says to the photographer, around the digits – and begins scrabbling at his fleshy cheeks, teeth gnashing and eyes rolling. 'I’ve always wanted more than one life': the strange world of Brian Catling 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z The chatty, cheerful girl had become a person I couldn’t identify with at all: skeletal, desperate, scrabbling for food. How Should Children’s Books Deal with the Holocaust? 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z “The boys have been freed by bravery, incredible expertise and a word that I am scrabbling for and can now, finally, use: love,” Moore wrote in The Guardian. Editorials from around Pennsylvania 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z I built a deep learning algorithm that recognizes scrabble pieces through a webcam. It’s easier than you think to craft AI tools without typing a line of code 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z His carapace hid and protected his delicate body – like a shrimp stuffed inside a clam shell — as he propelled himself with scrabbling legs toward the bacteria he fed on. When evolution’s path leads to a dead end 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z Instead of Iron Man here was Gollum, erratic and vengeful, scrabbling with trolls. Elon Musk: as business fortunes dip, he starts a war with the media 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z Too much time spent on wedding invite and scrabbling for change to pay for teas etc and thus the ending seemed rushed. Peter Kay's Car Share finale - the verdict 2018-05-28T04:00:00Z When it was all over, children and adults scrabbled among his remains for relics to be later cherished or sold, including his charred liver and bones. The sadism of white men: why America must atone for its lynchings 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z My scrabble detector was simple, but easy to build. It’s easier than you think to craft AI tools without typing a line of code 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z I immediately said yes, scrabbled for a ticket, and headed west with little thought of what I would write or where it belonged, only that I knew how much I wanted us to work together. West of West: Santa Monica pier and 'the end of America' - a photo essay 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z Then there was the scrabble of a key at a lock, and the other door, the one facing him, that led to the free world, opened. A prisoner is given a deal he can’t refuse in an excerpt from S.J. Morden’s sci-fi novel One Way 2018-03-25T04:00:00Z The exhibition is a capacious web of associations and coincidences, a scrabble through Linder’s mind and memory. 'Do you have any ectoplasm? Is it vaginal?' The return of punk artist Linder 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z It adds that now is "not the time to keep scrabbling around" and the days "of complex two-tier local government in the county are at an end". 'Ditch council while iron hot', MPs say 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z Yet Ethiopia’s crisis is not just about elites scrabbling for a larger piece of the pie. Under a new state of emergency, Ethiopia is on the brink of crisis, again 2018-03-03T05:00:00Z The shimmering black-and-white cinematography by Mart Taniel tracks the connections among a village's wolves and witches, landed gentry and scrabbling farmers. Estonian fantasy 'November' finds light in the darkness 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z And that break he made on circuit four looks certain to be enough for gold - the others are scrabbling for minor medals. Winter Olympics: women's bobsleigh, history for Bjorgen, and more – live! 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z The shells rained down and the future senator dressed as Saddam lay face down in a concrete hole, handcuffed and terrified, scrabbling for cover in the dirt. 'Coach JBL': WWE champ John Layfield wrestles with rugby and social change 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z Sanders, yet again, had to scrabble around to defend the president. Trump and the press: 10 questions journalists never thought they'd have to ask 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z The high level of protection means that dairy disputes often loom large in trade deals, as governments scrabble for more access. What cheese can tell you about international barriers to trade 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z You could hear it inside, talons scrabbling at the cardboard. Perspective | Flying the friendly skies: An owl takes flight, but not in the way you’d expect 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z His new film, The Death of Stalin, is set in 1953 and depicts – with unexpected historical accuracy – the undignified scrabble for dominance that followed the demise of the Soviet despot. Armando Iannucci: ‘I was saved from being a reject by comedy’ 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z Among the sympathy, the shocking eyewitness video and the desperate scrabble for information, photos which falsely claimed to be victims or attackers began to circulate. The fake photos shared after tragedies 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z The world moves into modernity but Lewis and Benjamin largely remain behind, sometimes scrabbling forward to catch it, but mostly just clinging to its tail, being dragged reluctantly forward. Bruce Chatwin: One of the Last Great Explorers 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z Rescuers scrabbled through the rubble hunting for survivors. North Korea, Mumbai, Texas: Your Friday Briefing 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z When he was about halfway to the top, he began to slide down, his paws scrabbling at the metal. Perspective | ‘The Taking of Bird Feeder 123’: The new heist film starring an all-squirrel cast 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z He fights other men for cash in hidden remnants of the wild that are frequented by travellers and others scrabbling to survive. A wordsmith in the making 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z Minority governments can linger on, scrabbling around for votes, spraying around taxpayers' money in return for parliamentary support. How will this minority government actually work? - BBC News 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z Washington lawmakers are burrowing under the cushions, scrabbling for money to fund schools, but there’s not enough there to do the job. Class: Let’s define ample funding for the Legislature 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z "Now that the referendum has passed Nuttall's party is desperately scrabbling around for relevance and seems to have settled upon attacks on Muslims and fringe far right politics as their new home," she said. UKIP: Full face veils are 'barrier to integration' - BBC News 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z Even Grant — who likens the market full of "little upstarts trying to topple the giants" to the roster of schemers scrabbling for power in "Game of Thrones" — isn't expecting upheaval. Beauty companies ramp up the pace to keep up with faster trends 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z They describe local schools as "scrabbling around for any form of cash like a desperate person checking down the side of their sofa for the odd pound coin or two". Heads 'furious' at grammar cash promise - BBC News 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z And China’s problem is that it is still scrabbling for a source of soft power with which to appeal. Hong Kong’s democrats say no to China’s treasures 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z The charity is supporting the most vulnerable returnees, but the town is scrabbling to survive. After Isis: the families returning home in Iraq 2016-12-03T05:00:00Z The average monthly wage is less than £15, obliging people to scrabble for decent food and basics such as soap, and there are severe shortages of housing and transport. Trump aides threaten hard line as Cuba steps into the unknown 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z The sight of Tyson, scrabbling for his gumshield on his hands and knees as the referee counts him out is as pathetic in the memory as it was shocking at the time. Mike Tyson: Memories of a magnificent fighting machine 2016-11-22T05:00:00Z Their desperate scrabbling for footing as they slowly choke to death is called “piano playing,” Christman explains. Traditional Hunting Dogs Are Left to Die En Masse in Spain 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z A wild, terrifying rush, his fingers clinging in small clefts, booted feet scrabbling over barely glimpsed protrusions. Simple things : Nature : Nature Research 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z The logic here is that there’s a constant scrabble to look at famous women naked, to reduce them and all other women to body parts. Katy Perry’s naked vote reveals more than she wanted | Barbara Ellen 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z In the end he was rescued by Weld, who leaned over to identify the name Johnson was scrabbling for – Vicente Fox – and put Johnson out of his misery. US presidential candidate Gary Johnson fails to name a foreign leader he admires 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z As the United States and Russia scrabbled Saturday to revive the cease-fire, Syria’s chief opposition coordinator, Riyad Hijab, told reporters there was “no longer any use” for such partial truces. Syrian and Russian airstrikes continue major offensive to take back Aleppo 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z Using picks, shovels and hands, they scrabbled through the dust and debris of crumbled homes. After Earthquake in Italy, ‘Half the Town No Longer Exists’ 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z For the women in Congress who’ve known her the longest, Hillary Clinton’s acceptance of the presidential nomination will be recognition of the scrabbling they did together in the decades when female politicians were scarce. 'I didn't dream that this would happen': California women prepare to watch Clinton break through glass ceiling 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z “Wife heard scrabbling noises in toilet,” described another. You’ve been warned: Summer is peak season for rats in toilets 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z He just kept scrabbling in place on the side of the tub, like someone running up a down escalator. Geckos May Be Famously Sticky, but Here's What Stumps Them 2016-07-09T04:00:00Z It moved him from the electronica shadows into the big league, changed him from a musician who scrabbled for a few thousand dollars to a fully fledged, in-the-spotlight, pop star overlord. Moby: ‘There were bags of drugs, I was having sex with a stranger’ 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z He wouldn’t be scrabbling for excuses now, and he might be beating Hillary in the only other race he needs to win between now and Election Day. Trump’s Money Games 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z With her birds, there was no need to scrabble for the right word. Fraying at the Edges: Her Fight to Live With Alzheimer’s 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z As his wife scrabbles with angry protesters and gripes about her compromised marriage, he is sequestered in the bathroom, represented only by a mordant song that his aide-de-camp sings on his behalf: A Pakistani Novelist Tests the Limits 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z It's a novelty to see her, however briefly, playing a wealthy, successful character, instead of a scrabbling working-class striver. In The Boss, Melissa McCarthy drops her last pretense of sincerity 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z The roof now leaks in three places, and she is scrabbling around for money to fix it. How to Turn Around a Terrible School 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z Five fewer may not sound like much, but for a Labour Party scrabbling to assemble a parliamentary majority, it just might make all the difference. Why London needs a gobby mayor - BBC News 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z Saturday's move caps a whirlwind of last-minute legal scrabbling to decide the fate of Freedom, which found itself mired in debt after being purchased by Aaron Kushner in 2012. Freedom Communications, the bankrupt owner of the Orange County Register and Press-Enterprise of Riverside, has decided to sell to Digital First Media after a judge blocked a higher bid by the owner of the Los Angeles Times 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z Saturday’s move caps a whirlwind of last-minute legal scrabbling to decide the fate of Freedom, which found itself mired in debt after being purchased by Aaron Kushner in 2012. Orange County Register to be sold to Digital First Media 2016-03-19T04:00:00Z It leads to people scrabbling around and publishing all sorts of things that might become the next big thing. #TheDress one year on – eight things we learned from the viral phenomenon 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z They sniff for traces of TNT, and when they find them, they scrabble at the spot. The rats who sniff out tuberculosis 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z In 2008, at the height of the global financial crisis, tens of millions of migrants simply went back to rural areas, tilling fields or scrabbling for meagre pay in villages. Shocks and absorbers 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z With that in place, it can turn its attention to scrabbling back, like the first-generation Kruse who saved it from bankruptcy a century gone. After listeria deaths, Blue Bell is taking slow road 2016-01-10T05:00:00Z Sometimes the angry stares are deserved, but more often the friction stems from the fact that bicycles, cars, buses, trucks and pedestrians are scrabbling with each other for a narrow sliver of the same street. Massachusetts legislators weigh changes to bicycle laws 2016-01-02T05:00:00Z But others cannot and should not be led on a linguistic game of Yiddish scrabble. Deciphering Yiddish 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z After weeks of missed deadlines and scrabbling over small details, negotiators from both parties in the House and Senate landed on a major agreement to fund the government and extend a collection of tax breaks. 5 Things to Know About Congress This Week 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z Some scrabble for a foothold in one of the city’s remaining cheap areas. Gentrification in a Brooklyn Neighborhood Forces Residents to Move On 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z For the first two-thirds of this season, it was the German scrabbling around for answers to explain his team-mate's superiority. Brazil Grand Prix: Has Rosberg found Hamilton's secret? 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z Spending 15 minutes afterwards scrabbling for my friend's lost glasses while an overenthusiastic teenage mosher bled on my boots. We can’t have real virtual reality without a sense of touch 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z Her house smells of cabbage, and she likes to play scrabble. David Walliams gran was his inspiration for Gangsta Granny - CBBC Newsround BBC Newsround 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z Then, as he was trying to cross a street, once again scrabbling for food, he was hit and critically injured by a car. Life lessons from a limping, toothless and half-blind 13-year-old cat 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z Russia’s military commitment to Syria sent the Obama administration scrabbling to adjust a policy battered by both Democrats and Republicans. Vladimir Putin orders ground troops to Syria after Obama’s use of moderate rebels flops 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z As he watched one girl scrabble at the ground, a huge vulture landed just beyond her. This Wouldn't Be The First Time a Child's Photo Changed History 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z Strapped for funds, central government departments and local councils are scrabbling to find new ways to balance their books. Pay-as-you-go government 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z Most of the others scrabbled onto the sand, dropped their life jackets and quickly vanished into the nearby alleyways. Migrants in Kos Inspire Both Hospitality and Anger in Greeks 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z If you hand me the original paperback edition of Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow I can, quickly and without too much scrabbling, find you the page where the hero loses the girl. Ebooks are changing the way we read, and the way novelists write 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z Rather than scrabbling around for more efficiency savings, the sector might do better by joining up with the NHS and nabbing some of its political clout. Frailer 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z And they have been scrabbling about ever since to find a face-saving way of undoing the damage. When Is A Default Not A Default? 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z A draw will leave them scrabbling, but three points will basically mean their final fixture is a straight shoot-out. England 2-1 Mexico: Women's World Cup - as it happened 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z Enough of the scrabbling away from the sunlight. Editorials from around New England 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z Villa meanwhile were in the middle of a nine-game winless streak, at one point losing six in a row, and were scrabbling around ominously at the foot of the table. Southampton v Aston Villa: Premier League – live! 2015-05-16T04:00:00Z He was remembered as a teller of funny stories, a singer who couldn’t keep a tune and a lover of scrabble on family game nights. D.C. firefighter dies after fighting 2-alarm apartment fire in Shaw 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z His rags-to-riches story of a young man who once lived on the hard scrabble Manila streets is inspiring, a source of motivation Pacquiao routinely draws upon, Mayweather, Pacquiao fight for boxing's future 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z A draw will leave them scrabbling, but three points will basically mean their final fixture is a straight shoot-out. England 2-1 Mexico: Women's World Cup - as it happened 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z Across the city, rescuers scrabbled through the rubble of destroyed buildings, among them ancient, wooden Hindu temples. Devastating Nepal Quake Kills over 1,300, Some in Everest Avalanche 2015-04-25T04:00:00Z But even when I became aware that my scrabbling in the dirt after raw vegetables and wild plants had become an obsession, I found it terribly difficult to free myself. When Eating Healthily Becomes a Fixation 2015-04-04T04:00:00Z With at least six of the 12 stadiums built for the tournament now in financial difficulty, local governments across Brazil are scrabbling to find productive uses for these costly state-of-the-art venues. Empty grounds & bus depots in Brazil 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z The cake decorating is just one of a number of activities arranged by the staff - quizzes, scrabble games, knitting and - when the weather is nice - gardening. A day in the life of a care home 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z I would lay down with my son during nap time and think, This is how we will curl up after the apocalypse, when the nuclear bombs fall and we scrabble to live through nuclear winter. Reflections on Postpartum Depression and Recovery 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z His rear legs scrabble until he’s able to find purchase and rise. Rug burns: When a dog’s joints begin to creak, some redecorating is in order 2015-01-04T05:00:00Z The fighting has cut South Sudan's oil production in half, halted development, and left people all over the country scrabbling to find their next meal. What chance of peace in South Sudan? 2014-12-14T05:00:00Z Some have suggested Mr Cameron is a study in "government by essay crisis" - like a student who suddenly realises work is urgently overdue, and scrabbles to put something brilliant together at the last moment. EU change a blockbuster challenge for Cameron 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z All of which meant Leeds, scrabbling around for all the money they could get, received only £3m for a player valued at £40m three years earlier. The Joy of Six: unpopular transfers 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z As Macedonia scrabbled around for identity in the wake of Yugoslavia's disintegration, a group of historians, architects and politicians decided that the country should remind itself - and the world - of a proud past. The makeover that's divided a nation 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z As Myers rose, scrabbling to draw his pistol from his pocket, a muffled shot was heard. The lawyer who shot himself proving his case 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z This was football without systems, a concussive, instinctive deafening game of scrabbling attack and defence. Brazil coach pours paraffin on flames and watches volcano erupt 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z O'Sullivan, who apparently ran out of dynamite at some point on Sunday evening, found himself scrabbling with Selby, desperately trying to dig out frames. Selby wins snooker's battle of styles 2014-05-06T06:23:25Z So, allowing myself to be a little more expansive than a single sentence, I have some suggestions for what someone scrabbling around the ruins of civilization would need to know about basic necessities. Opinion: Civilization’s Starter Kit 2014-03-29T19:44:29Z The fish mingle with large, bright red prawns scrabbling around on the sandy seabed, which plunges down to 7,200m at its deepest point. First images of unexplored deep sea 2014-03-03T00:08:43Z After all, the intensely negative nature of the word alcoholic leaves some people scrabbling for an alternative. The Loop: Not so sweet 2014-01-10T17:40:23Z Regional lenders instead are left to scrabble over offering loans to the few clients in their areas that need them, cutting interest rates lower and lower in a bid to gain business. Likely Nomura exit from lender may spur Japan regional bank shake-up 2013-12-19T05:06:39Z The result is more priorities scrabbling for a piece of a shrinking budgetary pie. NASA Funding Shuffle Alarms Planetary Scientists 2013-12-04T23:19:36.901Z He suggested that families and friends intending to play the game should invest in a scrabble dictionary to avoid arguments. Red letter day for Scrabble champs 2013-11-02T12:01:38Z Margarito describes how he desperately ran around the village, "shouting like a loco", his shoes lost in the confusion, looking for his father and brother, scrabbling fruitlessly with his hands at the mud. Mexican village 'wiped off the map' 2013-09-27T10:08:31Z This is a vile act by a government that demeans its office by scrabbling around in the gutter with these stunts. Probe into immigration spot checks 2013-08-02T16:06:19Z “He’s kicked, fought and scrabbled his way up with a tenacity and energy that is amazing.” Advertising: Merger as a Career Capstone for the Chief of Publicis 2013-07-30T01:02:52Z A black pup scrabbles away in crablike submission that eventually takes her into an underground den, dug deep enough that she is not seen again. A Dog That Goes Way Back 2013-07-15T17:23:58Z Mr Allan got into the game in the mid 1980s when he started playing a scrabble computer game, and he later entered tournaments. Red letter day for Scrabble champs 2013-11-02T12:01:38Z The building collapsed in the afternoon in Nyagatare, some 100 km northeast of the capital Kigali, and rescuers were scrabbling to find survivors, police said. Three killed in Rwanda building collapse, more feared trapped 2013-05-14T17:54:22Z Most are the total opposite, work for very little and scrabble for grants. Should we worry about H7N9? 2013-05-01T21:13:26Z My two-year-old, Amelia, deflates when Waybuloo fades to black, a signal for me to scrabble around in the detritus for a lead before there's an iTantrum. Children and apps: Should we fear the iNanny? 2013-04-27T08:01:35Z He said of ministers: "They are scrabbling around trying to find solutions when the best solution is just to consign this policy to the dustbin." VIDEO: House of Commons 2013-04-23T14:23:16Z And lots and lots of mobile apps to help you manage expenses, track your time, and play scrabble with your friends. The Problem Microsoft Can't Solve 2013-04-15T13:32:11Z They'd simply fire arrow after arrow, removing the creature's health as it scrabbled against a piece of the environment, which prevented it from reaching them. Dark Souls 2 – preview 2013-04-12T07:25:00Z Meanwhile, income inequality only continues to grow, workers are scrabbling just to put food on the table, and the middle class is becoming an endangered species. President Obama Brushes Back His Activist Left 2013-04-09T11:05:27Z There isn't a debate any longer, merely a scrabble to find the right formula. The paywalls go up – but papers still aren't secure 2013-03-31T00:05:53Z Twitter bio That thing where you used to be the best in the world and now you're scrabbling in the midfield? Williams: F1 2013 team guide 2013-03-11T14:11:01Z Presumably she found the prospect of his scrabbling around in a desperate, futile attempt to impress her amusing. Eros for Annabelle 2013-01-16T18:22:41.567Z Now RIM is the underdog, scrabbling for a foothold in the market, while Apple is the tech titan fighting worries about its ability to innovate quickly enough. As Apple shares slide, Research in Motion rises 2012-12-20T15:22:00Z So this is how it ends – humanity scrabbling for existence against the undead hordes, but mostly against each other. Top 25 games of 2012: 10-6 2012-12-20T11:21:20Z The combination of the coalition's mindless commitment to austerity, and the insurance companies' scrabble for profits is producing a deadlock. UK floods: deadlock between insurers and government must be broken 2012-11-27T08:29:01Z Here, on an idyllic holiday with his friends, Brody begins the game a whimpering civilian, quaking at violence and panting as he scrabbles to escape his captors. Far Cry 3 – preview 2012-11-22T18:00:02Z He has tuberculosis, which infects about 2 million Indians every year, but he still scrabbles for work in the fields of landowners, making between $2.50 and $3.50 a day. Why Can't India Feed Its People? 2012-11-21T18:00:20Z It didn't help that Cameron's impromptu pledge on energy bills delayed the bill even further, as ministers scrabbled to make his busking into reality. Coalition war leaves customers facing soaring energy bills 2012-11-21T11:44:58Z American cigarettes became a currency as people scrabbled for food. The 'frugal' German dinner party 2012-11-18T01:12:46Z He added that he enjoyed playing scrabble because of the combination of English and maths skills needed. Belfast man is UK Scrabble champ 2012-11-04T21:02:56Z But as politicians scrabble around for the best short-term fix, a fundamental cause underpinning much of these economic woes is often overlooked. Worried about the economy? It's the environment, stupid 2012-10-29T14:50:36Z Now electronic paper companies like E Ink are scrabbling for new ways to sell the technology or in some cases, are pulling the plug entirely. Analysis: E-readers grapple with a future on the shelf 2012-10-28T21:07:06Z A month ago, they seemed a side ready to scale new heights; now, they're desperately scrabbling to get back to where they were before they spent €80m. Big-spending Zenit face Milan under strain of divisions and defeats 2012-10-02T10:26:33Z The floodgates opened when Joel Monaghan scrabbled his way over, and Warrington were now within touching distance of an increasingly rare domestic double. St Helens 18-36 Warrington 2012-09-29T19:41:31Z When the researchers parsed the surfers' heart rates during the competitions, they found that pulses did not peak during paddling, no matter how hard the riders were scrabbling to grab a wave. Well: Riding the Wave of Surfer Fitness 2012-08-22T04:01:48Z I thought of it as this rich summer haven, but there is this whole year-round population that is really interesting and diverse and has to scrabble for a living. Well: There Once Was a Surgeon From Nantucket 2012-07-27T04:01:06Z It is time to take advantage of that rare advantage – scrabbling at the tackle area – and turn it into width and pace. England must be bold and switch to width and pace against South Africa 2012-06-09T20:27:30Z Possibly some nations - mentioning no names - who have sacrificed all decency in the scrabble for American-style, freedom-fries-with-everything, super-sized growth might begin to reflect on the consequences for their social cohesion and moral health. A Point of View: The European Dream Has Become A Nightmare 2012-05-18T16:56:32Z Islamabad is now scrabbling to find a way to prevent it looking like a climb-down if it lifts the blockade. High stakes of Pakistan's Nato drivers 2012-05-17T17:35:48Z Sylvia blushed while she read it, not for what it said about herself, but for the vile impulse that launched this smudged and scrabbled impurity. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z This scrabbling was where Bert Stoy, one of the younger and most indefatigable of the Readers, had hoped he might find a British grave. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z “He scrabbled on the door of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.” The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z Five percent of Iraq’s oil revenues are being garnished as war reparations to Kuwait, and the two nations are scrabbling over competing ports and access to the Persian Gulf. Iraq Seeks to Shift Image With Summit of Arab Leaders 2012-03-26T00:20:08Z Antonia’s morbid love of singing is presented as a form of addiction, and when she needs her fix she scrabbles at locked drawers and cupboards to find forbidden scores. Kinky Brothel Games Intrigue in ENO’s ‘Hoffmann’: London Stage 2012-02-15T14:58:22Z Gordon heard her breath coming and going in quick jets and the scrabbling of her finger-nails as she clutched at the stones. A Romance of Wastdale 2012-02-01T03:00:11.227Z Now it resembled a grey old heel of cheese, with a little scrabbling in one corner. Mushroom Town 2012-04-21T02:00:25.923Z The title role is a feast for David Haig, who recently appeared as another leader scrabbling at the cliff-face of sanity in the hit comedy “Yes, Prime Minister.” Mad George III Gropes Ladies as Politicians Plot: London Stage 2012-01-26T06:54:39Z For a few minutes after the exciting scrabble for trees, there was a deep silence among the four. The White Crystals Being an Account of the Adventures of Two Boys 2012-01-13T03:00:11.507Z "Mercy!" he called out, thinking his last hour come, and scrabbled on to the pavement. The Honour of Savelli A Romance 2011-12-10T03:00:15.560Z |
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