scrapbook
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scrapbooks
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“Supergirl” is basically a scrapbook of familiar bits from other movies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
Standing pitchside at a muddy Lancastrian playing field is a football fan excitedly applying the finishing touches to an enormous, time-worn scrapbook.
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
I was a big fan of this “Saturday Night Live” scrapbook when I was a kid, because I loved the show and wanted to know more.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2025
Richard Dailey passed around a scrapbook he kept, mementos from his own life and some childhood snapshots of Jesse and his sisters, from the days when the family was intact.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
Boxes with scrapbooks and pitch decks started arriving in the hiring manager’s office.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 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
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
But Cameron took it in his stride, making photographic memory books and scrapbooks of their relationship and writing notes and letters to his fiancee.
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2025
She kept a razor blade at the office and cut out poems and stories she liked for her scrapbooks.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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