figures

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It comes as official figures shared exclusively with the BBC suggest no-one turned up to take 64,500 practical driving tests last year.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Ed and my husband have voluminous conversations about obscure historical figures and the state of humanity.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Fifty years after the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty as constitutionally permissible after a brief ban, these figures are a reminder that executions still play a role in American life.

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026

These followed a magnitude 6.9 quake days earlier that killed 76 people and destroyed or damaged 72,000 buildings in Cebu province in central Philippines, according to government figures.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Dropping over the side of the vessel, he plunged himself to the ocean bottom, where he saw both the wreck and a huge mass of figures.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler