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[pen] / pɛn /








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Cinematographer Brendan Galvin and editors David Rosenbloom and Joe Rosenbloom take us inside the bodyguard’s POV as he notes each pen click, pocket grasp and suspicious glance.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

He later put pen to paper to explain the company's ill-fated pivot to the metaverse in 2021.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Earlier this year, it came out with the multidose KwikPen for Zepbound, which is less expensive than the single-dose pen.

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 2026

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

She pulled out a large sheet of paper, drew a man very quickly with a marking pen, and then added a fat bulge on each of his arms.

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry

Parton always planned to have a solo career and penned her first Top 10 singles — among them “Joshua,” “Jolene” and “Coat of Many Colors” — during her tenure with Wagoner.

From Salon Aug. 25, 2026

On a Turkish hillside overlooking the olive-covered slopes outside Izmir is a cave known to generations of locals as the place where Homer penned "The Odyssey".

From Barron's Aug. 17, 2026

Search for the phrase “too much cash” and you will find numerous articles penned by the likes of JPMorgan Chase and Charles Schwab, warning about the risk of being underinvested.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

Its chief penned a letter on 29 July pleading with those who have remained to leave immediately, saying that Ontario firefighters cannot do their jobs safely with people still in their homes.

From BBC Aug. 9, 2026

Fifty sows with farrows were penned in each, bedded upon the earth, while the boars lay outside—fewer by far, as those well-fatted were for the suitors’ table, fine pork, sent by the swineherd every day.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

Prior to his TV career, Shalit was a senior film critic for Look Magazine, and continued to spend years penning columns in the New York Times, Ladies' Home Journal and TV Guide.

From BBC Jun. 13, 2026

After a steady run of penning, producing and directing various projects, Blaustein made a career pivot in 2012.

From Los Angeles Times May 13, 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

That he did all this while also penning some of the greatest novels ever written simply goes to show that “Those who do, do much. Those who talk, talk much.”

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

“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

Most everyone is pent up, ready to pop.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 27, 2025

Toxic energy and animosity get pent up, and carried out into the yard.

From Slate Oct. 8, 2025

I could feel it, and smell it, pent up there, behind the clouds.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier




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