eighty-six

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The hedge fund that had bought the company had already tried to eighty-six Freds’ rosy sautéed chicken livers over sourdough toast, proving once again that money can’t buy taste.

From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2021

From 2010 through 2015, Harvard admitted eighty-six per cent of recruited athletes, compared to six per cent of non-athletes, according to a filing in the recent lawsuit challenging affirmative action there.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 8, 2019

Doug, at eighty-six, is an example of a healthy man.

From Salon • Sep. 15, 2019

In 2016, the last time he ran for Congress, O’Rourke won eighty-six per cent of the vote.

From The New Yorker • May 27, 2019

Virginia’s governor, Lindsay Almond capitulated in the fight over schools, reopening Norfolk, Charlottesville, and Front Royal schools in 1959 and inching toward integration: eighty-six black students in those districts now attended school with whites.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly