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When Max Franks boarded a flight to Fresno, Calif., earlier this year, he had a few things to help pass the time: two dozen bottles of wine, from Pinot Noir to Sauvignon Blanc.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
A stall at Tavistock Library was set up on Thursday where they received three "huge boxes" of uniforms from lost property at local schools, as well as half a dozen bags from the community.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
An AFP journalist saw a dozen mental health workers arrive at the school, where traffic was nearly at a standstill.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
Previous agreements with companies TotalEnergies, Ocean Winds, Invenergy and Duke Energy totaled about $2.7 billion for the cancellation of at least a dozen federal wind leases.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
He’d already eaten five eggs and a half dozen strips of bacon, and he was still working on a stack of pancakes tall enough to sit on.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
A7’s website demonstrates its reach by showing flags of dozens of countries, including the U.S.,
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
Scattered across the living room floor, under a sparkling crystal chandelier, were dozens of photos of the same slender man in different settings - sitting at his desk, even playing in the snow.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
With dozens of performances spread throughout every City Council district, organizers hoped the shows would draw 250,000 attendees and inaugurate the city as a home for jazz events on par with New Orleans and Montreal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Working under the bridge's blue lights, dozens of Taiwanese army combat engineers assisted by cranes and trucks set up layers of concrete and steel barriers, barbed wire and Hesco walls along the nearly one-kilometre-long bridge.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
They had been hiking for hours, climbing up and over dozens of old-growth firs with trunks that were often wider than the boys were tall.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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