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Champion Spellers Hang On

78th Annual National Scripps Spelling Bee

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• June 2: James Clark and Joseph Sheperd await their turn at the National Spelling Bee in Washington.
• June 2: Jonathan Horton pauses while spelling a word.
• June 2: Finola Mei Hwa Hackett begins spelling a word.
• June 2: Stacey-Ann Yanique Pearson listens to a word's definition before spelling it.
• June 2: Katherine Seymour uses her finger to imagine writing her word before spelling it.
• June 1: Danielle Tacey, Jonathan Horton and Levi Foster listen to another participant spell a word.
• June 1: Theodore Yuan yawns while waiting his turn to spell a word.