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The Oscar winner will play Helen, whose beauty famously "launched a thousand ships" and resulted in the Trojan war, according to Homer's ancient Greek legend.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

In visible and near infrared light, that wavelength can be up to a thousand times larger than the de Broglie wavelength used in electronic circuits.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

I honestly probably have a thousand different fascinating ideas for train movement.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

And it seems important to have one judge say this about an out-of-control colleague who’s seizing cases from a thousand miles away.

From Slate • May 18, 2026

My spiraling thoughts make my nausea a thousand times worse.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller