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Writers have always had to break the spell of composition to inspect their creation’s seams.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

Like many European countries, the Netherlands has been hit by a historic summer drought caused by a prolonged dry spell, exceptional heat and intense evaporation.

From Barron's ● Aug. 15, 2026

Not while he’s flustered and frustrated — which you can’t spell without rust, though even Roberts admitted, “I don’t know how long you can use the rust thing, which I’ve certainly used.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

He acknowledged that some people in the industry struggled to spell and pronounce Magrathea and have even called it Margherita.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

The water level would rise after a rainstorm and fall during a dry spell.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown

Many of the features that make Head Start distinct from mainstream preschools are spelled out in 122 pages of performance standards.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

EU trade spokesman Olof Gill said: "It is our clear understanding and expectation that the US will honor the commitments that are spelled out under the EU-US Joint Statement, whatever tariff regime is constructed."

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

Scientists gave that reversal a name: Eroom’s Law, Moore’s Law spelled backward.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

But Scatchard was spelled incorrectly, and her search failed.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

Since it had Liyana’s name handwritten and spelled correctly on a card at the top, she opened it and gasped.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye

The reserve for the WNBA’s Indiana Fever comes off the bench for the latter-day contenders, spelling for star Caitlin Clark and averaging a respectable eight points per game.

From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026

From her clothing store on the high street, she has distributed official-looking signage spelling out exactly where to park and for how long without risking a ticket.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

Last week, the family was traveling to Montreal but was initially unable to board their flight because one of his daughters had a problem with the spelling of her name on her ticket.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

A Welsh news site says Andy Burnham provided an "error-filled" article for publication spelling out his pitch to Wales.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

Studying for spelling tests with Betsy was different from studying with Calista.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff

However, in his victory speech, he spelt out his vision for Hungary as a country "where no-one is stigmatised for thinking differently than the majority, or loving differently than the majority".

From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026

Although not spelt out precisely during the interview, the implication of Block’s trade rationale is that higher unemployment means economic weakness and this would in turn lead to deteriorating corporate financials.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 1, 2026

A truck carrying Hatton's yellow three-wheeler car was at the head of the funeral procession, with the name "Ricky" spelt out in flowers.

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2025

His team later spelt out explicitly their endorsement and insisted she was staying put in her job.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2025

‘Neither does he use his right name, nor permit it to be spelt or spoken,’ said Aragorn.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien