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[kaunt] / kaʊnt /








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Tesla’s second-quarter results show how much a delivery count leaves out.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

About 30 polling stations - at churches and community centres - in the north London constituency opened at 07:00 BST and will close at 22:00, when a count will begin.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Then, in an 0-and-2 count to Ozzie Albies, Glasnow spiked a curveball in front of the plate.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

"Germany stands firmly by Israel's side. Our Israeli friends can count on our commitment to ensuring that such a crime never happens again," Merz said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

“The sky is so pretty now. Let’s count the stars,” I say.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

But historic outbreaks in Texas, Utah and South Carolina over the past nearly two years have fueled decades-high case counts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

It is a joke, mostly, about the invisible financial rules children learn at restaurants: what counts as normal, what counts as a treat and what you know better than to ask for.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026

Nepal's latest assessment counts 7,570 private buildings damaged or destroyed, home to nearly 33,000 people based on census data.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

After years of litigation and a two-week trial in June in Van Nuys, a civil jury decided Brown owed Maria Avila $12.9 million in damages for counts including emotional distress and medical expenses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

Ronan gets another bite and he counts to three and then yanks his pole to the side, setting the hook in the fish’s mouth.

From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

Craig Bellamy suggested the new four-match international window had counted against Wales after Sunday's Nations League defeat against Denmark.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

In the ’80s — before a text message counted as a greeting — he shared meals and dinner conversation with our family.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

"Anyone who comes by, they greet you with 'Good morning,'" said Ben Barka, considered the doyen of Libyan fashion and who once counted Muammar Gaddafi's wife among her clients.

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

But this year may also illuminate broader forces that continue to resonate long after votes are counted.

From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2026

In her mind Penelope counted slowly to a hundred, to make sure she gave her ruse enough time to work.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

Paramount will have a lot of debt and is counting on aggressive cost-cutting to make the deal work.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

Companies started to realize they need to be more careful about counting their tokens, the units that measure AI use.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

McGinn lashed it home and drew alongside Lawrie Reilly on the all-time list - 22 and counting.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

I’m counting on bitcoin to let me retire in the next couple of years.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

Nancy had been counting the days until Saturday.

From "Scream for Ice Cream: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #2" by Carolyn Keene




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