billions
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Tech firms were also under pressure as investors continue to fret over the AI investment boom and when firms that have pumped billions into the sector will eventually see returns, if ever.
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
Talks between the crossborder trading partners on a tariff deal unexpectedly collapsed in August, leading to renewed tension between the U.S. and Canada—through the imposition of hefty tariffs on billions of dollars of goods.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
While not detailing the cost of the revised plans, Mahmood told the BBC the state would still save "billions" because workers in other sectors would have to wait longer.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
The discovery of all five nucleobases on Ryugu suggests the molecular ingredients of life may have been already forming in space billions of years ago.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 3, 2026
Look through it and you could see the billions of impoverished people in the world, and the many linked causes of their misery.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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