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penned



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written
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The pulmonologist Dr. Hasmeena Kathuria penned a column in the Washington Post last week debunking wellness claims about nicotine and underscoring its risks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Pochin and Braverman were among the MPs to respond to an open letter penned by a group of Piddington's female residents, addressed to all women MPs.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

Even worse, Zaslav torched multiple projects while reportedly calling in personal favors for celebrity friends like Nicholas Pileggi, who penned the script for WBD’s 2025 bomb The Alto Knights, at great expense to the studio.

From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026

And in 2014, he penned a Bloomberg Businessweek essay coming out as gay, becoming the first Fortune 500 CEO to do so.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026

In the corral the penned animals milled nervously.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya




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