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pencil

[pen-suhl] / ˈpɛn səl /






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In other rooms, colleagues arranged pencil sharpeners, water bottles and crayons in patterns, recording with depth-sensor cameras.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

For completeness a pencil is included in the tape exhibit.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

He had a Clark Gable pencil mustache, raced sailboats, cavorted with the late communist leader Fidel Castro in Cuba, and at one point married Academy Award-winning actress and activist Jane Fonda.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

Writer Greg Stolze posted a while back about “some professor” who “put googly eyes on a pencil and waved it at his class saying ‘Hi!

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

Every wall is covered with drawings, in charcoal and colored pencil, of buildings, trees, plants, people.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse




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