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All posts tagged

spelling-bee

June 1, 2017

Seven Words I Would Have Children S-P-E-L-L If I Were Running the National Spelling Bee

by Stacey Zapalac
May 28, 2015

Winners of the Yoknapatawpha County Spelling Bee, 1929-1940

by Sean Gill
April 15, 2005

Sentences That, If Used by Judges in a Spelling Bee, Would Prove Totally Unhelpful to Contestants Attempting to Derive the Meaning of the Word

by Jack Schneider and Moses Rifkin

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June 3, 2021

Honest Reasons Why Women Don’t Want to Go Back to In-Person Work

by Meena Harris
June 4, 2021

It’s Great to Hang Out After Self-Isolating for a Year — I’m Not Acting Weird, Am I?

by Audrey Farnsworth
June 7, 2021

New York Times’ Hookup Announcements

by Eugenia Viti and Ian Bardenstein
June 11, 2021

If I Moved Back to My Hometown, As Envisioned by My Parents

by Emily Delaney

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June 17, 2021

What Your Favorite ’90s Rock Band Says About the Type of Bored Suburban Dad You Are Today

by Talia Argondezzi and Jared Bilski
June 17, 2021

Son, I Just Called to Tell You How Much I Love Field of Dreams

by Nathan Kamal
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Why I’m Selling My Catalog of Dad Jokes

by Gary Rudoren
June 16, 2021

How I Saved Enough to Buy a House With My Parents’ Money

by Eli Grober