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Jojo was less than a year old – an infant clinging to his mother – when he was captured and sold.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2026
The reinsurer’s third-quarter net profit was less than that of the same period a year before, when its results were flattered by exceptionally low major-loss expenditures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026
Huang was listed as a Megaspeed director for less than a year, taking the role between March and November 2023.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026
Last year, approximately one-half of people spent less than an hour checking their options, according to a survey from the Employee Benefit Research Institute.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026
In less than a quarter of a second, I was crying and sobbing and yelling all at the same time.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
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