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Arizona’s top elementary and middle school spellers participated in the Arizona Spelling Bee on Saturday.—Wendy Killeen, AZCentral.com, 21 Mar. 2026 In the 2019 bee, three North Texas spellers were among the eight co-champions.—Jessica Ma, Dallas Morning News, 10 Mar. 2026 When the event began Thursday morning, there were 78 spellers to compete — but in the first two rounds, around 40 were eliminated.—Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2026 The comfort counselor Midge Mahoney (Naomi Murray), doing community service, sends defeated spellers out the door and into their post-word world.—David John Chávez, Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for speller