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After charming his way into the house of a couple who believed his tale and gave him thousands of euros, he eventually aroused their suspicions.

From BBC

Both parties are hoping to make gains in the polls, which cover the Scottish parliament and the Welsh Senedd as well as thousands of council seats in England and a handful of directly elected mayoralties.

From BBC

You can keep it relatively simple, and even a few thousand dollars could help broaden their horizons later on.

From MarketWatch

But for all of the focus on cutting-edge technology, one of the best-performing investment themes this year involved commodities that have been used by humans as stores of value for thousands of years.

From MarketWatch

Hundreds of thousands of snow-belt households have installed heated driveways to melt snow quickly.

From The Wall Street Journal