numbering

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Cepeda was central to Petro’s signature plan, Total Peace, designed to de-escalate conflict with the country’s hybrid groups that are part insurgencies, part drug gangs, each numbering thousands of fighters.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

The move is also expected to increase capacity, a growing consideration as the academy’s ranks have expanded significantly in recent years, now numbering more than 11,000 members.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

For many in the city's Somali community, the largest in the US and numbering around 80,000, the posts have triggered alarm.

From BBC • Dec. 13, 2025

Outer coast transients, numbering about 210 animals, were most often found within 20 kilometers of the continental shelf break, particularly near submarine canyons.

From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2025

"I'm not going to be part of Ralph's lot-" He looked along the right-hand logs, numbering the hunters that had been a choir.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding