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The kids were just too good. The finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee turned into a slog on Thursday, with bee organizers unable to scour Webster’s Unabridged dictionary for words challenging enough to narrow the field efficiently. It started routinely enough, with 10 of the 50 spellers exiting the stage in the first round. […]
