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UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: The word is murraya.
ZAILA AVANT-GARDE: Murraya. Does this word contain, like, the English name Murray, which gives you the name of a comedian - or just an English name in general?
UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: I don t see that here.
UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #2: Bill Murray made the spelling bee.
AVANT-GARDE: Murraya. M-U-R-R-A-Y-A.
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MARTIN: That is 14-year-old Zaila Avant-garde winning the 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee. So let us add our congratulations to those already extended by Halle Berry, former president and first lady Barack and Michelle Obama and, of course, Bill Murray. But you might have heard this isn t her only accomplishment, just the latest. She already has three records in the Guinness Book of World Records for her basketball dribbling skills. We wanted to catch up with Zaila Avant-garde to talk about her success, and she is with us now. Zaila Avant-garde, welcome.
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