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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…