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There are plenty of reasons to be skeptical of these Silicon Valley campfire stories.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
Social media spats between the fighters have brought plenty of heat, but Conor Benn does not compare it to the raw nature of the Eubank saga, which spilled over into face-to-face fury.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Shelton and Tiafoe have plenty of brilliant moments, and also one or two moments when it seems like they picked up a racket for the first time 15 minutes ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Although the last license plate of the current sequence has been produced, there’s still plenty to be handed out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
There was plenty of water in the river but, even though it ran swiftly, it was probably too polluted to drink.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
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In which case, the contest of plenties will be on again.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 6, 2010
Among the various plenties that abound in the U. S., the most indigenous and widespread is the plenty of Nothing that almost any U. S. citizen will admit he's got.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Peace, Shakespeare's "dear nurse of arts, plenties and joyful births," succors national life at last.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Complement of human kind, Holding us at vantage still, Our sumptuous indigence, O barren mound, thy plenties fill!
From Poems Household Edition by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Poor in purse were both, but rich in Tender love's delicious plenties; She a damsel of the kitchen, He a haberdasher's 'prentice.
From Ballads by William Makepeace Thackeray
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