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 for you? Kerry Close, 13, did just that at the 2006 Scripps SCRIPPS Cardiology A clinical trial–Scripps Coronary Radiation to Inhibit Proliferation Post Stenting  National Spelling Bee spelling bee
n.
A contest in which competitors are eliminated as they fail to spell a given word correctly. Also called spelldown.

Noun 1.
. The gal from Spring Lake, N.J., was crowned queen of the bee after spelling "ursprache," which means "a parent language," Kerry says, "I never knew winning came with all this attention." Maybe it's because Kerry is the first girl to nail the championship since 1999, Catch the bug at spellingbee.com.
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Title Annotation:Kerry Close wins 2006 Scripps National Spelling Bee
Publication:Girls' Life
Article Type:Brief article
Geographic Code:1U2NJ
Date:Aug 1, 2006
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