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“I’d see him a hundred times if that’s what it takes,” she replied.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

A projection by the city administrative officer estimates the city’s budget deficit to be “several hundred million.”

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

Several hundred people, including some in combat uniforms and wearing face coverings, have taken part in a dissident republican Easter commemoration in Londonderry.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

Her fur jacket is made of hairs so fine that three hundred thousand are packed into one square inch so that she's always warm and waterproof.

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