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
One promethium isotope, with eighty-eight neutrons, has a half-life of a few days; the other, with eighty-six neutrons, has a half-life of a few years.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 27, 2019
Doug, at eighty-six, is an example of a healthy man.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2019
A man named Richard A. Brown had held the title of Queens D.A. for about as long as they had been alive; now, at age eighty-six, he was not expected to run again.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 4, 2019
Before heading that way, we visited 7-Building, the “honor block,” with space for eighty-six inmates who had gone several years without being cited for disciplinary infractions.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
