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Christopher Serrone, who portrayed the younger version of Henry in the Oscar-winning film, penned a tribute on Instagram in honor of Starr on Saturday.—
McKinley Franklin,
HollywoodReporter,
2 May 2026 -
Larsson and Pink have penned a postcard to their respective home countries while flexing the global soft power afforded, at least in part, by their international alliance.—
Walden Green,
Pitchfork,
1 May 2026
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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
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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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Melville, reading Emerson’s two essay collections in the 1860s, scribbled a mix of agreement and strong disagreement in their margins.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Apr. 2026
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Oz prepared to turn over a piece of paper with a name scribbled on it with a Sharpie.—
Weijia Jiang,
CBS News,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Penciled (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/penciled%20%28in%29. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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