baker's dozen

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I mentioned that baker’s dozen streak of failing to finish above .500 in conference.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 7, 2024

There’s much to recommend from the remaining baker’s dozen of shortlisted international features, and voters could go any number of ways in winnowing the list down to five nominees.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 3, 2024

During his lifetime, McMurtry published 33 novels and a baker’s dozen of memoirs, essays and assorted balooey.

From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2023

Analyzing the baker's dozen of mummies has only reinforced the team's conviction that the seemingly modest mice ascended the volcanoes without Incan assistance.

From Science Daily • Oct. 23, 2023

His very own baker’s dozen, he would say, grinning.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi