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Johnson was sidelined early but started the final three games and showed enough potential that Jacksonville decided to release veteran Rayshawn Jenkins in March and pencil him into a starting role.
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Mark Long, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2024
Were Chevron and other producers to decide, as Walz warns, that continuing operations in a politically hostile California no longer pencils out, the state could see an abrupt and economically devastating fuel shortage.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2024
Despite an 0-for-3 with two strikeouts and a double play performance on Tuesday, Aaron Boone penciled the 31-year-old back into the lineup Wednesday as the DH hitting seventh in favor of rookie first baseman Ben Rice.
—James O'Connell, New York Daily News, 24 July 2024
Maximizing a range of government incentives and potential carbon credits that might be associated with the fuel would also help the numbers pencil out.
—Justin Worland, TIME, 23 July 2024
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Mark Long, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2024
Were Chevron and other producers to decide, as Walz warns, that continuing operations in a politically hostile California no longer pencils out, the state could see an abrupt and economically devastating fuel shortage.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2024
Despite an 0-for-3 with two strikeouts and a double play performance on Tuesday, Aaron Boone penciled the 31-year-old back into the lineup Wednesday as the DH hitting seventh in favor of rookie first baseman Ben Rice.
—James O'Connell, New York Daily News, 24 July 2024
Maximizing a range of government incentives and potential carbon credits that might be associated with the fuel would also help the numbers pencil out.
—Justin Worland, TIME, 23 July 2024
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“Pencil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pencil. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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