penned
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Dürrenmatt penned “The Visit” as a critique of Switzerland’s neutrality after World War II, which he saw as an abandonment of ethics driven by capitalism.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 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
During a prolific career that spanned six decades, Parton penned some 3,000 tunes.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
Their correspondence had consisted of terse notes, hers likely penned by one of the other sisters and signed by Sister Ignatia.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
