thousand

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That number would include several thousand placements the city has already made under a 2022 settlement agreement.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

Within seven minutes, fifty-five thousand Maersk devices were locked.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

For example, China, Russia and South Korea report several thousand cases a year.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

In January, his team documented a mass attack on WhatsApp that compromised an estimated several hundred thousand accounts - a platform which he said was widely used by government ministers and officials.

From BBC • May 3, 2026

Two thousand souls, believers and skeptics in roughly equal numbers, anxiously waited to hear from Maggie Fox.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock