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
The U.S. would remove fifty-four hundred troops from Afghanistan within a hundred and thirty-five days, and the remaining eighty-six hundred would leave within the next year and a half.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 21, 2019
Doug, at eighty-six, is an example of a healthy man.
From Salon • Sep. 15, 2019
Mesut Özil, an ethereal German playmaker for Arsenal, the team that I support, generated eighty-six hundred and twenty-nine.
From The New Yorker • May 27, 2019
Between eighty-six and ninety-four steps to the corner where the crossing guard, Ms. Post, stands.
From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds
