Male wearing glasses: Common letter patterns are really important, it helps with your spelling. Things like ... put in front to make so many different words like sit, hit, bit and it's that ...

The word was “elusive,” and Perrins paused longer than normal to complete the spelling. But poetic justice would have to wait for another day. A third straight championship wouldn’t be elusive.

6, 2021, in an effort to prevent Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s victory from being certified — mused about whether he could have a third presidential term, which is barred by the Constitution.

I didn’t ask a single question. How could words have failed me, at such a crucial moment? I spend the rest of the day quietly self-flagellating. The next morning, though, I start to wonder ...

That moment when you know you said the G word, it slips, slides off your tongue ... Two sides to every coin, and that third side, on the edge that rolls. And I roll and take the falls.