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Roughly one in four can access treatment, and that often takes finding a doctor who, first, recognizes the symptoms as part of perimenopause and, second, takes it seriously.

From Salon • Jun. 14, 2026

Roughly 123,000 patients arrived last year at the hospital’s emergency department, which was designed to treat 40,000 people annually.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2026

Roughly 90% of these shipments and transfers originate in the U.S., primarily out of Miami.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Roughly one in six Chinese between the ages of 16 and 24, excluding students, are jobless, according to official data.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

Roughly here, I decided, was where Mitchell Sanders had found Kiowa’s rucksack.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien




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