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He sketched an idea on the back of his nine-year-old daughter's homework, he says, and soon showed it to an architect, partly expecting him to "laugh me out of the room".

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

At that event, the artists sketched designs on large sculptures shaped like soccer balls and an oversized picnic table, also for community members to paint.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Together they sketched out the story’s framework: a murder mystery set in a small town replete with shameful secrets and sinister magic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

"Since Margaret Reed Lewis first sketched mitochondrial pearling in 1915, it has largely been dismissed as an anomaly linked to cellular stress," says Landoni.

From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026

He’d sketched out a detailed layout for their app, using the placement Dimple had suggested.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon