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spelling bee:

Definitions:

  1. a contest in which you are eliminated if you fail to spell a word correctly

Examples:

  1. primarily with family and relatives or at church . Activities such as penny readings , spelling bees and magic lantern shows were common forms of entertainment . Occasionally travelling theatre groups would
  2. Sindi 's repressed memory . Tension mounts for Bree as the state finals of the spelling bee loom . Connor succeeds in luring Toadie back into wrestling . Episode 4730 Network Ten
  3. turned up on time because he remembered to wind his watch . Smith won the spelling bee because she knew how to spell ' antimacassar ' . Factive mental states are broad
  4. off is that this book is NOT autobiographical : I was in all of one spelling bee in fifth grade and I misspelled the word “ tomorrow . ” However , I
  5. at an elementary school in Trenton . I should have caught the mistake on that spelling bee card . But as Mark Twain once said , " You should never trust a

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