pen
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Such overarching public sentiment inspired Johnson to pen a 700-word essay on why that mindset was the “most interesting phenomenon happening on earth right now.”
From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026
We also want to get an auto pen so we can write handwritten cards for guests because it’s kind of hard to write perfect handwriting in different languages and in cursive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
Picasso had created a silhouette of me for the cover and inscribed in pen: “For Sylvette David, Picasso.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
"The farmer who owned the bull arrived at the ground and tried at first to sort of cajole it and get it into a pen, but it failed," Oswell said.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
They passed a chicken coop, and beside that a pen for fat guinea pigs.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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Woodall still works at the Economist as the Asian editor, but the commemorative article published in the August issue was penned by Simon Cox.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
Oates, who penned the Pulitzer Prize-nominated “Blonde,” said that, within the world of translators, Wilson’s review “seems all the more surprising since all translations are, presumably, subjective & not equivalent to the original text.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
A talented wordsmith who writes his own books, and with a bestselling memoir penned before he considered running for office?
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026
That musical’s writer, Lin-Manuel Miranda, penned the songs for the 2016 film alongside Opetaia Foaʻi and Mark Mancina; dutifully reprised here, they remain basically persuasive works of Disney pop.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
She penned them in a sty and gave them acorns to eat.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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That means writers penning all their own work—and people who acknowledge using chatbots for help—are trying to master something they never worried about before: how to sound human.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
She continued writing while working as a doctor specialising in brain disorders in Boston, Massachusetts, and her publishing career took off when she began penning psychological thrillers.
From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2026
He studied and wrote poetry in detention, penning his verses on cigarette boxes when he couldn't access paper.
From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 2026
But after an extensive hiatus, all three Wayans brothers are back, penning a new script that will lampoon the best and worst horror has had to offer in the 13 years since “Scary Movie 5.”
From Salon ● Jan. 4, 2026
There seemed to be nothing penning them in.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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“There isn’t a lot of pent up inflationary pressure in the economy,” Macklem said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026
Australian migration agent Mark Welch said there was a pent up demand following Brexit, which was combined with those who weren't able to go because of Covid-19.
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2025
Jefferson played with the ferocity of nearly two years of pent up football frustration.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2024
“Post-COVID, we got this big influx of revenge travel, where everyone’s so pent up indoors and they’re just like, ‘Get me out there,’ ” McElroy explains.
From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2024
But this time his feelings were all pent in his heart: I was not worthy to hear them uttered.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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