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Out of a fleet of at most three dozen patrol boats available to Spanish law enforcement agencies in the south, fewer than 10 can match the speed of a drug boat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Shares of recreational-vehicle maker Thor Industries rose 5.5%, the most in almost three months, to $73.80, after a slowdown in quarterly sales was not as bad as some investors had anticipated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
She refers to them as her “soul mates” and feels guilty wishing for a romantic partner when she already has three lifelong best friends.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Connolly added the three Ayrshire councils already have a "strong history of working together".
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
About three hundred troops and eight hundred Filipino guerrillas charge into the camp.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
The par threes are also likely to generate plenty of drama, especially the 15th where matches will reach a crucial stage.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
But bad things come in threes, don't they?
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Burrell and Kiana Williams hit consecutive threes late in the third after the Fever cut the lead to eight points, and it was never close again.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
Good things do not always come in threes, and Lord's did not follow Wembley and Twickenham in hosting landmark moments of recent English sporting history.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2026
The doors opened and the passengers came out in twos and threes.
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
