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In total, nearly a hundred refuge sites have been mapped out and incorporated into operational evacuation plans designed to quickly guide people to safe places.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

One hundred firefighter personnel were assigned to the Bain fire.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

A few basins for handwashing have been set up near the blue-painted buildings of the hospital, where around a hundred suspected Ebola patients are already being cared for, according to an official.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

The spy, Southampton analyst intern William Salt, is said to have parked at the golf club, then walked a couple of hundred yards down a road which leads to a raised area of ground.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

My chest felt full of love, and—not for the first time—I wished there weren’t five hundred miles between us.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows