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penciled (in)

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past tense of pencil (in)

as in scratched (out)

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Noah Jupe and Matthias Schweighöfer star in the flick penned by Natalie Conway and Peter Stanley-Ward.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2026
If Disney writers had penned this tale, Kaepernick would have landed a contract, reclaimed a starting job and shined — cementing his legacy as an iconic NFL quarterback and activist.

— Mike Jones, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

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Violet, named for the color of identifying crayon scrawled on her brow, is one of 250 to 500 patients the Marine Mammal Care Center rescues along the Los Angeles County coast every year.

— Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Instead, there’s an impromptu memorial, formed from hundreds of tributes to the rapper scrawled in sharpie on poles and on the concrete.

— Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026

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Assemblymember Isaac Bryan, D-Jefferson Park, authored the bill after reports that families had lost benefits under the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids program after a member of their household was deported.

— Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Assembly Bill 1405, authored by Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D-Orinda), creates a state registry for AI auditors and establishes standards for independence, transparency and integrity.

— Richard Ramos, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026

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