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Modelling by the NHS concluded that this would cost billions of pounds a year with a high of £3.9bn at the end of the second year.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

Unlike many other automakers that dialed back their electric investments or canceled future EV models, Honda sank billions into cars it will never put on the road.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Over billions of years, various materials gradually filled parts of the channel.

From Science Daily • May 15, 2026

Carden doesn’t want taxpayers on the hook for billions more in relief payments, so she proposes using the Defense Production Act as a solution.

From Salon • May 15, 2026

Sure I was, but that was billions of miles away from here.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith