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The company has grown from a startup with a handful of employees that almost went out of business to one of the world’s most valuable private companies with over 22,000 workers as of March 31.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

This rip-roaring AI-powered bull market has already overcome a handful of potentially existential challenges, from the 2023 collapse of Silicon Valley Bank to last year’s tariff tantrum.

From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026

Surprisingly, there are only a handful of passages in the Bible that are directly about twins.

From Salon • May 19, 2026

There are a handful of other small cherry orchards in the valley.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

We have to go to a dark place—a very dark place indeed—a place where few badgers and only a handful of weasels and absolutely no jackrabbits have ever gone before.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman