It's been dubbed a super election year, with roughly two billion people set to head to the polls. While Australia isn't due for an election in 2024, it will be watching with keen interest.
For the first time in the competition s 93-year history, an African American student has been crowned the winner of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. 14-year-old Zaila Avant-garde, an eighth grader from Harvey, LA, secured her victory on Thursday by spelling the word Murraya. If, like me, you ve never heard of a Murraya, it s defined by Oxford as a small genus of trees and shrubs native to Asia and Australia and cultivated elsewhere.
One of 11 finalists pulled from a group of 209 contestants ranging in age from 9 to 15, Zaila showed nothing but confidence in the final round of the tournament, even taking a moment to crack a joke about none other than Bill Murray. Murraya does this word contain the English word Murray, which could be the name of a comedian or just an English name in general? she asked with a smile.
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