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Peck decided to focus on designing and making handcrafted furniture that could last another hundred years.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

Two hundred fifty years ago, the “truths” Thomas Jefferson laid out in the Declaration of Independence were not yet “self-evident,” as Elaine Pagels pointed out in a recent essay.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

Most travel only a few hundred meters per day, which limits how much of the landscape they can study and makes it harder to gather a wide range of geological data.

From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2026

“I’m not going to mention all their names, but you can imagine that we study and track over a hundred of them,” he wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Sailing a hundred miles with the wind might take twelve or fourteen hours, depending on wind strength, boat, and sailor.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen