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An Open Letter From the Mascot Himself Ahead of his first home playoff game on April 22, Gritty penned an open letter to fans that showed a surprisingly sincere side beneath all the chaos.—
Ryan Brennan
April 23,
Kansas City Star,
23 Apr. 2026 -
Ahead of his first home playoff game on April 22, Gritty penned an open letter to fans that was somehow both absurd and genuinely touching.—
Ryan Brennan
April 23,
Miami Herald,
23 Apr. 2026
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The paper was scrawled with phone numbers of politicians to call and driving distances to dialysis centers in the region.—
Arielle Zionts,
NPR,
15 Apr. 2026
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The post stitched together photos of Bible scripture, Paul crying, pain relief patches and personal notes scrawled through notebooks.—
Emily St. Martin,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Apr. 2026
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Dugard was JSerra’s cross country head coach for several years and has co-authored many historical books with political commentator Bill O’Reilly.—
Steve Fryer,
Oc Register,
23 Apr. 2026
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Mintzer co-authored the 2022 book Conversations with Dean Tavoularis.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
23 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 27 Apr. 2026.
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