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Meet Indian-American Teen Shrey Parikh Who Won America's Biggest Spelling Competition
Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner: The California-based teenager emerged as champion after three days of competition at Washington's Constitution Hall, becoming the latest Indian-American contestant to win the renowned spelling contest.
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Watch: Indian-American Winner Of Spelling Bee Recites Shloka From Gita
Bruhat Soma, a 12-year-old Indian-American student, won the 2024 Scripps National Spelling Bee competition. He correctly spelt 29 words in the tiebreaker round.
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US Spelling Bee: Indian-Origin Boy Wins After Spelling This 11-Letter Word
Indian-origin Dev Shah won the prestigious 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee last night, taking away a $50,000 cash prize by correctly spelling the 11-letter word "psammophile".
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"National Day Of Mourning": Hari Kondabolu's ROFL Reaction After Indian-Americans' Spelling Bee Streak Ends
People on Twitter loved Hari Kondabolu's take. Some expressed "solidarity", others said that they "felt" him.
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Zaila Avant-garde Becomes 1st African-American To Win US Spelling Bee
Zaila Avant-garde, a 14-year-old basketball prodigy, has won the 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee, becoming the first African-American contestant to win in 93 editions of the prestigious competition.
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Eight Tie In US Spelling Bee With $50,000 Cash Prize For Each
Eight young super spellers beat the dictionary to be crowned co-winners of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, in what officials said was a first since the US word contest started in 1925.
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CNN Host Assumed An Indian-American Spelling-Bee Champion Could Read Sanskrit
A CNN anchor became the target of rebuke for assuming that the 2017 national spelling champion, a California resident who's of South Asian descent, is "used to using" Sanskrit.
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Sporting Their Spelling Skills On Prime Time
This was the 90th National Spelling Bee, an event celebrated on social media, shown on ESPN, and generally, something that serves as a true delight for even the most casual of word nerds.
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Ananya Vinay Wins The 2017 Spelling Bee After 12-Hour Contest
Ananya Vinay of Fresno, California won the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday, taking home a $40,000 cash prize after 12 hours of picking her way along a precarious lifeline of consonants and vowels.
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National Spelling Bee's New Normal: $200-An-Hour Teen Spelling Coaches
In the world of competitive spellers, Sylvie Lamontagne is known as a juggernaut. She placed fourth in last year's Scripps National Spelling Bee, and ninth in 2015. Last summer, she traveled to California and won the Spelling Bee of China's North America Spelling Champion Challenge, a contest for kids in the United States and China.
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Indian-Americans Gain Edge In US 'Minor League' Spelling Bees
There were no streams of confetti when the winner spelled her final word at the North South Foundation spelling bee.
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No More Ties? Spelling Bee To Get Harder Words
After two straight years of ties, the Scripps National Spelling Bee is adding more sting: The championship rounds will last longer, and the words will be harder.
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Watch: How 2 Indian-American Teens Tied For Gold at Scripps National Spelling Bee
The world's premier spelling bee ended in a tie on Thursday in the US for a second year in a row after an intense 10-round showdown between two young contestants who tackled some of the English language's most obscure words.
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Vanya and Gokul are Co-Winners of Spelling Bee. It Was 10-Round Showdown
The world's premier spelling bee ended in a tie on Thursday in the US for a second year in a row after an intense 10-round showdown between two young contestants who tackled some of the English language's most obscure words.
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2 Indian-American Joint-Winners of Scripps Spelling Bee Contest
Indian-American kids today maintained their complete dominance in the annual Scripps National Spelling Bee contest by winning the prestigious competition for the eighth year in a row.
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Meet Indian-American Teen Shrey Parikh Who Won America's Biggest Spelling Competition
Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner: The California-based teenager emerged as champion after three days of competition at Washington's Constitution Hall, becoming the latest Indian-American contestant to win the renowned spelling contest.
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Watch: Indian-American Winner Of Spelling Bee Recites Shloka From Gita
Bruhat Soma, a 12-year-old Indian-American student, won the 2024 Scripps National Spelling Bee competition. He correctly spelt 29 words in the tiebreaker round.
-
US Spelling Bee: Indian-Origin Boy Wins After Spelling This 11-Letter Word
Indian-origin Dev Shah won the prestigious 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee last night, taking away a $50,000 cash prize by correctly spelling the 11-letter word "psammophile".
-
"National Day Of Mourning": Hari Kondabolu's ROFL Reaction After Indian-Americans' Spelling Bee Streak Ends
People on Twitter loved Hari Kondabolu's take. Some expressed "solidarity", others said that they "felt" him.
-
Zaila Avant-garde Becomes 1st African-American To Win US Spelling Bee
Zaila Avant-garde, a 14-year-old basketball prodigy, has won the 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee, becoming the first African-American contestant to win in 93 editions of the prestigious competition.
-
Eight Tie In US Spelling Bee With $50,000 Cash Prize For Each
Eight young super spellers beat the dictionary to be crowned co-winners of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, in what officials said was a first since the US word contest started in 1925.
-
CNN Host Assumed An Indian-American Spelling-Bee Champion Could Read Sanskrit
A CNN anchor became the target of rebuke for assuming that the 2017 national spelling champion, a California resident who's of South Asian descent, is "used to using" Sanskrit.
-
Sporting Their Spelling Skills On Prime Time
This was the 90th National Spelling Bee, an event celebrated on social media, shown on ESPN, and generally, something that serves as a true delight for even the most casual of word nerds.
-
Ananya Vinay Wins The 2017 Spelling Bee After 12-Hour Contest
Ananya Vinay of Fresno, California won the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday, taking home a $40,000 cash prize after 12 hours of picking her way along a precarious lifeline of consonants and vowels.
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National Spelling Bee's New Normal: $200-An-Hour Teen Spelling Coaches
In the world of competitive spellers, Sylvie Lamontagne is known as a juggernaut. She placed fourth in last year's Scripps National Spelling Bee, and ninth in 2015. Last summer, she traveled to California and won the Spelling Bee of China's North America Spelling Champion Challenge, a contest for kids in the United States and China.
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Indian-Americans Gain Edge In US 'Minor League' Spelling Bees
There were no streams of confetti when the winner spelled her final word at the North South Foundation spelling bee.
-
No More Ties? Spelling Bee To Get Harder Words
After two straight years of ties, the Scripps National Spelling Bee is adding more sting: The championship rounds will last longer, and the words will be harder.
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Watch: How 2 Indian-American Teens Tied For Gold at Scripps National Spelling Bee
The world's premier spelling bee ended in a tie on Thursday in the US for a second year in a row after an intense 10-round showdown between two young contestants who tackled some of the English language's most obscure words.
-
Vanya and Gokul are Co-Winners of Spelling Bee. It Was 10-Round Showdown
The world's premier spelling bee ended in a tie on Thursday in the US for a second year in a row after an intense 10-round showdown between two young contestants who tackled some of the English language's most obscure words.
-
2 Indian-American Joint-Winners of Scripps Spelling Bee Contest
Indian-American kids today maintained their complete dominance in the annual Scripps National Spelling Bee contest by winning the prestigious competition for the eighth year in a row.
