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Edward would latch onto a tree a few hundred yards down river and hold tight until he was rescued at daybreak, a period that he described as a blur.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

“Based on what the options were pricing in heading into the week, that equates to nearly a three standard-deviation move, which should only happen about one out of every hundred weeks.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026

Rather, it points to the same conclusion that held for almost the first hundred years of the nation—that the federal government may raise an army, but it may not force anyone to serve in it.

From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026

That winter Taylor had secured his place in England's Test side throughout their series in South Africa, having scored his first international hundred at the end of the 2015 summer.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

We had run a hundred and forty-eight miles from Anchorage.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell