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In its 94 years, Fahrney’s has outlasted the advent of mass-produced ballpoints, the rise of email and text messages, and a pandemic that decimated newer downtown businesses all around it.

From Washington Post • Mar. 14, 2023

Fancy pens or pencils are great, but we have plenty of standard ballpoints in the supply closet.

From Slate • Apr. 29, 2019

But with the exception of my own handicap, I'm fine with the rest of the pen universe: your gels, your felt tips, your ballpoints.

From Salon • Dec. 1, 2018

But many younger customers don’t even bother with ballpoints.

From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2018

He trades in fountain pens for ballpoints, Wilkinson blades and his boar- bristled shaving brush for Bic razors bought six to a pack.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri