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Maryland [US], May 31 (ANI): Bruhat Soma, a seventh grader, claimed the US National Spelling Bee champion title along with a Scripps Cup trophy and a check for USD 50,000 after correctly spelling a 90-second spell off against the second runners up 12-year-old Faizan Zaki from Texas. 12-year-old Bruhat spelled 29 words correctly in the tiebreaker, beating Zaki by nine, to win the title on Thursday night. His winning word was abseil, meaning a descent in mountaineering by means of a rope looped over a projection above. Bruhat went first, and after he got through 30 words, it appeared like it