numbers
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Numbers were once even greater - after a devastating famine in the mid-1990s triggered what rights groups described as a silent exodus over a more porous border with China.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
Numbers don’t lie, and U.S. companies are still throwing up good ones.
From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026
At Strength in Numbers, data journalist G. Elliott Morris explained that “they were unhappy with Biden, unhappy with prices, and voted accordingly.”
From Salon • Feb. 21, 2026
Numbers 6a and 6b Clydach Terrace are in an elevated position from the road and not at high risk of flooding, so have been excluded from the proposal.
From BBC • Feb. 1, 2026
Numbers rise and fall on the little screen, until finally it settles on 97 percent.
From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston
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