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More than three dozen political prisoners were released between Friday and Saturday, a rights group reported, after US-backed talks between Venezuela's interim government and the opposition.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
About half of the cases come from Texas and New Jersey, with others popping up in a dozen other states, from Alaska to Louisiana.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
By late 2023, prices had fallen to closer to $2 a dozen before rising again, peaking at a whopping $6.23 in March 2025, consumer price data show.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026
But individual farmers as well as more than a dozen associations that represent growers, agricultural retailers and firms that spray pesticides have voiced opposition to the changes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
He probably thought he could charm and lie his way into a reprieve, the way he had done a dozen other times.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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Aberdeen sought the help of a High Street troubleshooter, Iain Nicholson, who's worked with dozens of towns and cities through his Vacant Shops Academy.
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
OpenAI has said it has notified dozens of entities of instances in which its models bypassed security controls or negatively affected websites.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
Stored in an open-air warehouse in tropical Darwin, Australia, are dozens of trays containing cylindrical cores of rock.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026
That message was hammered home Saturday for dozens of voting rights groups, community organizations and unions attending a rally to recruit and train poll watchers for the November election.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2026
By the mid-1990s, dozens of small consumer lending companies were coming to market each year.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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