fifty

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He faced just one dot ball in his fifty and hit five fours and five sixes from the other 10 balls to bring up the landmark.

From BBC • Jun. 21, 2026

He’s never bought an item of clothing over fifty dollars.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

One West Point cadet expressed this viewpoint in his jubilee speech, asking the audience: “What fifty years have ever witnessed greater improvements in science, literature, and politics?”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

This discovery brings an end to a mystery that has puzzled scientists for more than fifty years.

From Science Daily • May 1, 2026

A short beach of gray-white sand led to the cliff edge, which rose, a great face of variegated rock, for fifty feet.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell