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At dawn on the rooftop, alarms of the few cell phones that still have battery wake the neighbors one by one.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Omega is one of the few who can actually back that up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Numbats were once populous across the bottom half of the continent, but Dryandra Woodland – in the south-western corner of Australia – is one of the few places they remain.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
The company is one of the few nuclear developers that actually makes money, so its coming IPO could be a blockbuster.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
“Baruch HaShem, you’re awake,” he said breathlessly, one of the few times I had heard him ever thank God.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
