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There were more than 770 arrests on Saturday, roughly half as many as the previous week's protests, the French interior ministry said.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
A recent government report revealed that roughly one-third of the Education Ministry’s budget is siphoned off to cover pension checks for former civil servants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
Since the 1960s, the reef has experienced four major outbreaks, occurring roughly every 15 years.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026
The old railroad town has become a destination for retirees like Summers, 74, a former administrator at Cal State San Bernardino, and for commuters who don’t mind the roughly 25-mile drive to Tucson.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026
In what little free time they had, they fished and hunted, quilted and kept chickens, tended their gardens, and had children who played with simple toys such as marbles or animals roughly carved from wood.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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