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Dev Shah, an eighth-grader from Florida, was crowned the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee champion in National Harbor, Maryland Thursday night.
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Shah’s winning word was “psammophile” — an organism that prefers or thrives in sandy soils or areas — and the result was never in doubt as soon as he heard it.
Dev, a 14-year-old from Largo, Florida, had his spelling career interrupted by the pandemic, then didn't make it out of his regional bee last year.
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