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Moran has starred in Shogun films including Nemesis, Renegades and the upcoming Knightfall and a new feature project entitled Lionheart also pencilled for next year.
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Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 27 Nov. 2025
But navigating the bureaucracy, paperwork and insurance grew to be too difficult, and the math just wouldn’t pencil out.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
In its announcement post, Nvidia highlighted early adopters and evaluators across blue-chip names in e-commerce, industrials, and tech, suggesting near-term pilots that could convert into volume orders if returns pencil out.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025
Manager Rocco Baldelli will regularly pencil four of the Twins’ own first-round picks (Lewis, Trevor Larnach, Matt Wallner and Brooks Lee) and one second-round pick (Luke Keaschall) into the lineup the rest of the way, and only Keaschall is an official rookie (and tearing it up).
—John Shipley, Twin Cities, 18 Aug. 2025
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Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 27 Nov. 2025
But navigating the bureaucracy, paperwork and insurance grew to be too difficult, and the math just wouldn’t pencil out.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
In its announcement post, Nvidia highlighted early adopters and evaluators across blue-chip names in e-commerce, industrials, and tech, suggesting near-term pilots that could convert into volume orders if returns pencil out.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025
Manager Rocco Baldelli will regularly pencil four of the Twins’ own first-round picks (Lewis, Trevor Larnach, Matt Wallner and Brooks Lee) and one second-round pick (Luke Keaschall) into the lineup the rest of the way, and only Keaschall is an official rookie (and tearing it up).
—John Shipley, Twin Cities, 18 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pencil
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Punk rockers are serving up free meals at the restaurant Post Modern Times and inking up their friends in exchange for mutual aid donations at Kaleidoscope Tattoo Collective.—
Evan Minsker,
Rolling Stone,
7 Feb. 2026
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That’s what the Warriors did a few hours before playing the Lakers in Los Angeles on Saturday, inking Spencer to the roster for the rest of the season.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
7 Feb. 2026
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Children tape crayoned train drawings to the corridor walls and make soap artwork on the windows.—
Mark Orwoll,
Travel + Leisure,
18 July 2023
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“Pencil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pencil. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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