merit badge
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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In 2020, the organization announced a “diversity and inclusion” merit badge and made earning it a requirement for becoming an Eagle Scout.
From New York Times • May 7, 2024
For those in need of a peakbagger merit badge, most scramblers choose to head up Plummer Peak to the west of the saddle, which is where the trail ends.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 25, 2023
"But PG&E getting a green merit badge after all the destruction they’re doing ... is not palatable."
From Fox News • Jan. 25, 2022
The native Arizonan earned a Boy Scout merit badge for his work and later took photos for his high school yearbook and campus newspaper.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2021
I wonder if he ever won a merit badge for being Most Annoying.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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