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The effect, reporters say, is to make it harder to chronicle the you-are-there details expected of a historic political moment — including which senators are doodling or snoozing during testimony.

From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2020

More likely, a Bangladeshi kid in Elmhurst and a Senegalese kid in University Heights are doodling in their seventh-grade math classes, and they have their own ideas.

From New York Times • Oct. 15, 2015

Half the class appears to be listening to me, but a few are doodling or staring out the window, and one kid’s eyes are closed.

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan