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• But, like me, not all of her clients are able to put pen to paper.
  — Ellen O'Brien, Outside Online, 25 Oct. 2022
• Crouser put pen to paper in his room a few days ago to calm his nerves.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2021
• Yes, many of the high school seniors who put pen to paper Wednesday will change their minds in a few months.
  — Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 14 Dec. 2021
• To help restart the streetcar, the once teenage heartthrob and fan of Cincinnati's urban core, put pen to paper.
  — Sharon Coolidge, Cincinnati.com, 16 June 2020
• Kirkland was not the last Oscar hopeful to put pen to paper on behalf of her own prospects.
  — Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Jan. 2023
• But in this old O'Rourke standard, too, lies a passage that led many an aspiring car writer back in the day to put pen to paper.
  — Jamie Kitman, Car and Driver, 16 Feb. 2022
• One day, to try to heal, Jones decided to put pen to paper and write letters to the very students who had tormented him.
  — Steve Hartman, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2023
• Six hours after Kemp put pen to paper, the state’s election officials were sued.
  — Sue Halpern, The New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2022
• Now, Diaz wants Miami to be the team that wins in the end, as opposed to the one that leads early and then falls behind when prospects put pen to paper.
  — David Furones, sun-sentinel.com, 1 Apr. 2021
• Simply put pen to paper and send someone a good old-fashioned letter.
  — Country Living Staff, Country Living, 11 June 2020
• The superstar is recognized as one of the most beloved singer-songwriters worldwide and one of the best to ever put pen to paper.
  — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
• Jerrod Cameron put pen to paper this morning and signed with Coastal Carolina.
  — Adam Lichtenstein, sun-sentinel.com, 15 Dec. 2021
• Some put pen to paper or type their messages into a Word document.
  — Priscella Vega, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2020
• The debate about the Real ID program has been raging almost since Congress put pen to paper.
  — Justin Klawans, The Week, 15 Dec. 2022
• Rosa, the Gatorade player of the year in Connecticut, put pen to paper in the school’s auditorium Wednesday.
  — Dom Amore, courant.com, 15 Dec. 2021
• Days before her book’s release, Spears opened up about her decision to put pen to paper in a post on Instagram.
  — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 31 Oct. 2023
• Luiz subsequently put pen to paper on a new contract to tie him to Villa Park until 2026.
  — Graham Ruthven, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
• In creating Schitt’s Creek, Levy put pen to paper to let the world know what society could look like with less judgment and prejudice.
  — Sammie Yeager, Fortune, 6 Dec. 2020
• The 6-foot-4 guard put pen to paper Sunday and made his transfer official with his letter of intent, the program announced.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 10 Apr. 2023
• Italo Calvino was, word for word, the most charming writer to put pen to paper in the twentieth century.
  — Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2023
• Marilyn Bergman, who died Saturday at age 93, and her husband Alan, 96, stand among the best lyricists who ever put pen to paper.
  — Paul Grein, Billboard, 10 Jan. 2022
• Granted, there’s still a while to go before Auburn’s current commits put pen to paper and sign their letters of intent, which bind them to the university.
  — Ainslie Lee | [e-mail], al, 5 Aug. 2023
• Overall, 25 new faces are expected to put pen to paper on their national letters of intent (NLI).
  — Nick Alvarez | [e-mail], al, 21 Dec. 2022
• There are those who only write quick notes, and others who put pen to paper only when there is much to say, whose style is ruminative, romantic.
  — Francesca Stanfill, Town & Country, 22 June 2023
• Your thoughts may feel discombobulating or overwhelming up there in your head, so put pen to paper.
  — Leah Campano, Seventeen, 4 May 2023
• But much to his surprise, genre fans wouldn’t let go of the idea of seeing a feature-length take on the concept, so Roth and his childhood friend/co-writer, Jeff Rendell, eventually put pen to paper.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Nov. 2023
• While most of the signings will take place through modern technology, many schools will have signing ceremonies for those that have put pen to paper on their commitments.
  — Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 19 Dec. 2022
• But now Ryan, a professor of anthropology at the University of Chicago, was worried the time to put pen to paper would never come.
  — Siri Chilukuri, WSJ, 7 Oct. 2022
• Having to put pen to paper on measurements and times was completely different, Guilbeau said.
  — Wire Services, Dallas News, 8 Sep. 2023
• Gigi Hadid put pen to paper during her first pregnancy.
  — Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 14 July 2021

Last Updated: 22 Oct 2024