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as in wrote
to compose and set down on paper the words of
scratched out a poem for his beloved wife on the home front
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as in deleted
to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it
scratched out the old phone number and wrote in the new one
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In March, shortly after the Da Nang landing, an Assistant Secretary of Defense, John McNaughton, wrote a memo assigning relative weights to American objectives in Vietnam.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026 -
Trump wrote on his social media platform on Friday.—
John Parkinson,
ABC News,
13 Apr. 2026
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Recent incidents, such as a McDonald’s chatbot breach where weak controls exposed millions of applicant records, or when an AI coding agent at Replit deleted a live production database, show how quickly these gaps can turn into real-world disasters.—
Dan Mountstephen,
Fortune,
13 Apr. 2026
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The image, posted on Sunday night, sparked outrage from religious leaders and influencers, and it was deleted by Monday morning.—
Hailey Bullis,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Apr. 2026
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While the prospect of a Democrat lockout was always relatively low, California Democratic Party Chair Rusty Hicks penned an open letter on March 3, asking his party's candidates who lack a viable path to victory to drop out before the filing deadline.—
Juhi Doshi,
ABC News,
13 Apr. 2026
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Lanterns — penned by Lindelof, Chris Mundy and Tom King and starring Kyle Chandler, Aaron Pierre, Kelly Macdonald and Nathan Fillion — premieres in August.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
13 Apr. 2026
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The school district canceled classes, child care, community education and after-school activities because several school technology systems are down, the district announced Sunday.—
Mara H. Gottfried,
Twin Cities,
13 Apr. 2026
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The Wireless Festival in London may have been canceled, but the artist still has dates listed across Europe this summer, including Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and France.—
Lisa Respers France,
CNN Money,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Scratched (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scratched%20%28out%29. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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