penned

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Ahead of the sentencing, Reeves — the star of Rinsch’s most notable project to date — penned a letter in May requesting “leniency and mercy as well as justice” in the filmmaker’s sentencing.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026

Justice Sonia Sotomayor penned a dissent joined by the other two liberal justices.

From Barron's • Jun. 25, 2026

A year later, Washington was in Philadelphia, having just been appointed commander of the Continental Army, where he penned a tender letter to Martha, his wife.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026

Lope de Vega wrote of honor and conflict a few doors down from where Miguel de Cervantes penned the first quixotic quest.

From Salon • Jun. 23, 2026

As Kennedy’s team met in Washington, the commander of the Soviet submarine B-59 was 1,000 feet below the surface of the sea, penned in by a U.S. hunter-killer group.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin