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Six hundred years ago, on a muddy field near Agincourt in northern France, King Henry V’s outnumbered, half-starved English army faced the flower of French chivalry.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

With these changes, the company plans to lay off a few hundred employees across its film, TV and corporate divisions.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

In a best-case scenario, we should see a couple of hundred thousand additional barrels of oil coming out of Venezuela in the near term.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

She started mass-applying almost immediately to several hundred new positions, but her efforts yielded little results.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

She died at a hundred and three, still hoping to take it all with her.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck