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Harini Logan of San Antonio, 14, celebrates with her family after winning the Scripps National Spelling Bee on June 2, 2022, at National Harbor, Maryland.
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LeVar Burton hosts the Scripps National Spelling Bee finals on June 2, 2022, at National Harbor, Maryland.
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Saharsh Vuppala of Bellevue applauds on stage at the Scripps National Spelling Bee finals on June 2, 2022, at National Harbor, Maryland.
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Host LeVar Burton congratulates Surya Kapu after the 13-year-old from Salt Lake City spelled a word correctly to earn a spot in the finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee finals on June 2, 2022, at National Harbor, Maryland. Judges gave Kapu an unprecedented second chance to make the finals after he successfully challenged their ruling in the semifinals.
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Navtaj Singh of Pullman applauds as the finalists of the Scripps National Spelling Bee are introduced on June 2, 2022, at National Harbor, Maryland. Singh, one of only two fifth graders who reached the semifinals, is eligible to return to the competition for three more years.
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Zaila Avant-garde, the 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee champion, speaks on stage before the competition's finals on June 2, 2022, at National Harbor, Maryland.
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Saharsh Vuppala of Bellevue reacts after correctly spelling "clitocybe" – a genus of mushrooms – in the first round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee finals on June 2, 2022, at National Harbor, Maryland.
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Harini Logan, 14, from San Antonio celebrates winning the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday with her brother. Naren Logan, right, mom, Rampriya Logan, and dad, Logan Anjaneyulu, in Oxon Hill, Md.
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