- a variation of eighty-six.
86
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Wireless sensors and cameras monitor conditions within the coolers to ensure their contents remain around 85 to 86 degrees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
Sir Patrick Stewart, who died Wednesday in Los Angeles at 86, changed these impressions when he accepted the seven-year mission of “Star Trek: The Next Generation.”
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
The Daily Star also carries the story on the "cops probe" into Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor time in Balmoral, although elsewhere it leads with tributes to Sir Patrick Stewart, who has died aged 86.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Norwegian said quarterly net income was $491.5 million, or $1.07 a share, compared with $419.3 million, or 86 cents a share, a year earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
"First, I am explaining to you how my Formula 86 Delayed Action Mouse-Maker is vurrrking. Listen carefully."
From "The Witches" by Roald Dahl
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