degrees

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Every few years, the EIA would go over scenarios of oil jolts with varying degrees of severity in order to train the delegates on how to deal with their country’s strategic reserves, he said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

It could get close to 100 degrees in the deserts.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Solar and lunar eclipses often occur close to each other because the Moon's orbit around Earth is tilted by about five degrees.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

She told the Las Vegas Review-Journal her proudest accomplishment was “making sure I got all my children through high school and college”—and she wound up being awarded several honorary degrees herself.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

But when he sat alone in the crowd, and watched the fresh-faced boys getting their degrees, he knew it had been a mistake to come.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham