tally
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According to a tally by the Canadian Press, about 20 whales died at Marineland between 2019 and September 2025.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
Saka did not achieve that tally against the French visitors, but shook off illness to come off the bench and assist Eberechi Eze's strike that made it 2-0, before rolling in his side's third goal.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
All of this is why James is estimating the tally to restore the carousel will top $3 million or $4 million.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
This week, biotechs TRex Bio and Retension Pharmaceuticals expect to add to the year’s IPO tally.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
I laughed at the thought of Mrs. Dorn keeping a tally of everything her neighbors purchased, and tried not to be jealous that Audrey got a car because of a game of wealthy one-upmanship.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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While official results weren’t available, tallies posted by Fain’s campaign showed his garnering about 68% of the vote as of Friday afternoon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Second, the ITC tallies Iran's exports using mostly the import numbers reported by its trading partners - owing to the difficulty in getting up to date export data from Iran.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
The report tallies symptoms and the diagnosis of 1,306 patients who were treated at mobile clinics during a roughly six-week period after the fire started June 17.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Sometimes, before the daily tallies that occurred to ensure all inmates were accounted for, they would jokingly call out, “It’s count time, guys—go ahead and hide your cellphones.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Perhaps it’s because, although what I remember tallies with what other people remember, something still feels off.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
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The Martha’s Vineyard Hospital has tallied an exponential rise in positive alpha-gal tests — 692 this year through August, compared with 742 last year, and up from only two in 2020.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
Since the start of this year, Yemen has tallied nearly 8,000 suspected cholera cases, including 22 deaths, and more than 9,600 dengue cases, including 37 people who had died, according to the WHO.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
At those events, Kerr is directly representing his country - there are national medal tables in which the triumphs achieved by compatriots are tallied up together.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
On the agency’s website where measles deaths are tallied, there is no number, only an asterisk.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
He tallied $80,000, then added the cash from his money belt.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
Defensive tackle Luke Wafle, meanwhile, continued his streak of early dominance by tallying a team-leading seven tackles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
Election observers said that while polling day was largely peaceful, some have raised questions about the vote tallying process.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
With ongoing uncertainty about when the conflict in Iran will end, finance chiefs are tallying up the damage as a fresh wave of earnings reports rolls in.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
As Riches signed off Sunday, he thanked his fans for tallying a million views that day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
One afternoon, my thirteen-year-old brother Lamar sidled up to me on the porch as I sat tallying Lepidoptera.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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