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M88 is part of the Virgo Cluster, a vast collection of more than a thousand galaxies bound together by gravity.

From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026

Prosecutors say at this point, Juin only had a few thousand dollars left in his bank account and that he has failed to repay any of the money.

From MarketWatch • May 29, 2026

“I had, like, a thousand of them,” all wild.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

“Fifty thousand people were told to leave their homes,” Caleb Marker, partner at Zimmerman Reed, who filed one of the class-action suits, said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

Now we were crossing the Grote Markt, the walls of the great cathedral glowing a thousand shades of gray in the crystal light.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom