scrapbook
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scrapbooks
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Three words, “Look, Jerry, look,” floated back from memory like a page dropped from a scrapbook.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
That scrapbook shouldn't be put away on a shelf to gather dust just yet, then.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2026
Much to her delight, Brettler discovered Soriano’s original blueprints, along with laminate and cork samples, and a scrapbook detailing the construction process, stored beneath the house.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2025
Inside my mind’s eye, images are flashing by like scrapbook pages of events in our lives, highs and lows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2025
But it pleases me somehow to cut out all these imperfect women, with their forehead wrinkles that show how worried they are, and fix them into my scrapbook.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
When I had to sell my mother’s house to fund her Alzheimer’s care, I stored all of her antiques, scrapbooks, photos and other family heirlooms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
Some went a step further, locating hair preserved in family scrapbooks that dated back as much as a century.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 7, 2026
O’Connor’s monologue focused on two things those unfamiliar with his acting should know about him: that he has a reputation as a “soft boy,” someone who embroiders, scrapbooks and gardens like an “average 65-year-old woman.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2025
As Golden began her research, Ana da Silva told her she had some scrapbooks and other artifacts in a couple of boxes.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2025
Underneath the scrapbooks is my old photo album, the black pages held together with the tie like a shoelace.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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