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Verb
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His sister, Skylar Smith, penned a sweet note to her brother.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
27 Apr. 2026 -
Patrick Kang and Michael Levin penned the spec script with the most recent draft by Jen Statsky (Hacks) and Travis Helwig.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
27 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Najib was in that position in 2011 when teenagers who scrawled antigovernment graffiti on a school wall in Daraa were arrested and tortured.—
Ghaith Alsayed,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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Najib was in that position in 2011, when teenagers who scrawled anti-government graffiti on a school wall in Daraa were arrested and tortured.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The research was co-authored by Kim Garam and Im So-Jeong, and a domestic patent application for the nano-tin interlayer technology has been filed in Korea.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Apr. 2026
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Norville has also authored knitting and crochet pattern books, as well as two children’s books.—
Francesca Gariano,
PEOPLE,
30 Apr. 2026
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The bodies, along with that of his six-month pregnant daughter-in-law, arrived in wooden coffins on a bus from Lebanon, their names scribbled on the sides.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2026
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Another video shared on Instagram, presumably taken at an earlier point, shows the same bot rumbling along to deliver some food with the same graffiti scribbled on its exterior.—
Joe Wilkins Published Mar 19,
Futurism,
19 Mar. 2026
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“Penciled (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/penciled%20%28in%29. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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