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His dynastic claim was that he was a descendant of Eowa, the brother of Penda, a great Mercian warrior who had lived a hundred years before.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

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

Pratt spent most of his two hours at the Hyde Park block party talking and posing for photos with the hundred or so people who showed up.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 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

A hundred and eighty miles straight north into the wind, up the middle of the great river that historically is a highway across Alaska.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen