gross
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He is enmeshed in the consequences of the gross blunder he made by going to war assuming an easy victory.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
At United Nations climate conferences in Copenhagen in 2009 and Paris in 2015, Beijing vowed sizeable reductions in the amount of carbon China emits per dollar of gross domestic product, or carbon intensity.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
Walt Disney Co. and Lucasfilm’s “The Mandalorian and Grogu” fell to third place this weekend with a domestic gross of $25 million.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026
Billboard Boxscore’s August 2025 estimate places “The Final Chamber” tour’s gross from the 27 shows scheduled between June and July at $30.6 million, with a $1.2 million average gross per show.
From Salon • May 31, 2026
They call it "sepsis," and they know from bitter experience how quickly a "septic" wound can go from slight redness to gross swelling to a fatal condition called gangrene.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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