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When the opening ceremony wrapped up and the match got under way, thousands of fans threw their sombreros into the air, ready to celebrate having the biggest tournament in football play out on home soil.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Across the city, builders added more than 60,000 housing units after 2000, including tens of thousands of townhomes built by small builders.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

The seesawing shift in ocean temperatures and winds forms across the tropical Pacific Ocean but can influence drought, floods, and other extremes thousands of miles away.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

A handful of people are responsible for suing thousands of local businesses under the Americans With Disabilities Act.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

Still, these doctors know that the brain sits atop the spinal cord, a thick, bundled cable of thousands of threads.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman