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Florida 12-year-old wins Scripps Spelling Bee in thrilling tie-breaker
Bruhat Soma, a seventh-grader from Tampa, emerged victorious in this year's Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday. Bruhat correctly spelled 29 words in 90 seconds during a lightning-round tiebreaker against runner-up Faizan Zaki, who spelled 20 words correctly.