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The additional cost “could be a couple of hundred dollars to a couple of thousand dollars, and also depends on the size of the property you buy,” he added.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
They then compared those values with data from several thousand living mammals, non-avian reptiles, and birds.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
The Eighth is known as “Symphony of a Thousand,” yet a thousand musicians, chorus members and vocal soloists were too few for Dudamel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
And just above the visible surface sits a thin, pinkish layer called the chromosphere - only a few thousand kilometres thick.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
A woman official spoke a few words and gave me the two thousand silver dollars I had won for being the first musher to reach Iditarod.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
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"I did feel like a criminal," says Neil - one of several thousands complaining of being wrongly suspended or permanently banned, spending days trapped in a system of what they believe are AI generated responses.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
When Zhou died in January 1976, hundreds of thousands of mourners poured into Tiananmen Square with wreaths and poems, a spontaneous outpouring that the ailing Mao’s allies saw as a challenge to their authority.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
The attorneys general’s lawsuit and the one tried in Los Angeles earlier this year are bellwethers — test cases chosen from among thousands of related actions in a single court system.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
The cyclospora outbreak has become the nation’s largest of its kind, sickening thousands of people.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
The Japanese soldiers try to position themselves as friends, but it’s a daunting task; thousands of Filipino guerrillas are in the mountains, and nearly everyone in Manila has relatives or friends among them.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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