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More sensitive information is requested in subsequent reports, for which recruits receive as much as several thousand dollars each.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Instead of earning a couple of thousand dollars to kickstart the next chapter of my life, I spent months worrying about what taking a service job might say about me.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

Spot prices for helium have surged to more than $1,000 a thousand cubic feet, or mcf, up from more typical prices of $500.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

Only "a few thousand" men who have a dangerous genetic variant and a family history of cancer should be screened for prostate cancer with a blood test, according to the final recommendations of scientific advisers.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

The “Siemens Brigade,” several thousand of us, marched out the iron gate beneath the charged wires into a world of trees and grass and horizons.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom