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When he didn't get through, he tried changing a digit here and there, thinking he might have jotted down a wrong number.

From BBC • Sep. 4, 2023

In other words, McConnell may have jotted down some numbers to send to CBO.

From Slate • Jun. 20, 2017

If a Freudian analyst had been around, he might have jotted down: ‘Mother projects anger toward ex-husband on to son’ … but, I don’t know.

From The Guardian • Oct. 13, 2016

If a Freudian analyst had been around, he might have jotted down: 'Mother projects anger toward ex-husband on to son'

From The Guardian • Oct. 13, 2016

I have jotted down such hints of my experience as may be valuable to others, who, as Juvenal put it, own but a single lizard's run of earth.

From About Orchids A Chat by Boyle, Frederick