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Even if it’s a small issue — like a broken shower or heat ring on a wooden cabinet — it can cost a few hundred dollars to have it repaired.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

When two objects are separated by an extremely small distance, only a few hundred nanometers, heat can travel between them much more efficiently than it does under ordinary conditions.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

A cancer-patient assistance program called Verna’s Purse helped hold storage costs to a few hundred dollars a year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Several hundred people gathered Saturday in a protected nature reserve on the Albanian coast to protest at plans for a luxury beach resort by a company linked to the Trump family.

From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026

“In here,” he says, “is all you need for a claim. A compass. Stakes, ribbons to mark the allowed one hundred and sixty acres.”

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes