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Long Island speller ousted after extra 's'
WASHINGTON - One extra letter.
That's what did in Long Island speller Zachary Zagorski Thursday in the semifinals at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington.
The word: strepitoso.
Zagorski, 13, of Oceanside, added an extra s, spelling the word "strepitosso." And with that, he was out.
"I knew I had the first part," Zagorski said after leaving the stage in the...
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