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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

Hundreds of millions of dollars more has been committed to building or rehabilitating several thousand affordable-housing units that supporters say might not otherwise go forward.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

She started yelling, “Mama! Mama! Come and look! Hurry, Mama! You won’t believe it! Jay Berry’s coming home with a thousand monkeys.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls