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The total bill the claimants could face has not been decided.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
International buyers purchased 67,100 homes in total, which was about 1.7% of total existing-home sales.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
It also reduced total cooking time and lowered the amount of oil absorbed by the fries.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
Half of the total 1 million $28 tickets were snapped up in the locals presale in April.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
“My parents dragged me both times. It’s total mumbo jumbo, though. Nothing checks out, absolutely nothing scientific about what they claim. But people eat it up.”
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
Across all four apps, estimated calorie totals were about 250 to 345 calories too low per meal on average.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
It said its higher totals on individual days – 152 on 26 January last year, and 97 on 21 February this year – were a result of large gaps between cullings.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Although far below its prewar totals, Saudi Arabia has been able to continue exporting millions of barrels of oil a day via its Red Sea port of Yanbu.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
So far this year, companies have sold $344.7 billion of new shares to investors, exceeding the full-year totals for each year from 2022 to 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Their names stayed on the board with their totals.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
Through the first five months of 2026, the U.S. trade deficit totaled $297.91 billion, down about 10% from the same stretch of 2024.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
Continuing claims, which scale with the total size of the unemployed population, totaled 1,796,000 in the week through July 11, falling by 2,000 from the downwardly revised total of a week earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Non-Imax 70mm film screening revenue totaled 3%, while 35mm showings made up 0.3%.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026
Related: My wife’s 2011 Ford Fiesta was totaled.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
Deaths from all types of malignancies of blood and lymph totaled 25,400, increasing sharply from the 16,690 figure of 1950.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
The deficit during the first six months of this fiscal year totalled $1.2 trillion, which is $139 billion less than the same period last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
The missile business for U.S. prime contractors totalled about $30 billion in 2025, per Lockheed Martin.
From Barron's ● Mar. 25, 2026
Meta was quick to note that compensatory damages in the Los Angeles case totalled just $3 million, with a further $3 million in punitive damages awarded by the jury Wednesday.
From Barron's ● Mar. 25, 2026
So far, the campaign has raised $3.3 million, and outside spending on her behalf has totalled less than a million dollars.
From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2026
During the thirty days immediately preceding the installation the dredge had suffered delays from clogged suction which totalled 130-3/4 hours.
From The Industrial Canal and Inner Harbor of New Orleans History, Description and Economic Aspects of Giant Facility Created to Encourage Industrial Expansion and Develop Commerce by Dabney, Thomas Ewing
Turk said her organization is waiting on federal contracts for grants totaling $4.2 million.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
The Calamos Timpani Small Cap Growth Mutual Fund’s Class I shares have annual expenses totaling 1.05% of assets under management, which means $105 in annual fees for a $10,000 investment.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
It has previously contracted with Oracle for data-center capacity totaling 6 gigawatts, which is mostly still under development.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
The government has allocated more than 40 plots of land in La Guaira, totaling about 584,000 square meters, for the construction of new homes, Rodriguez said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026
Treatment of agricultural lands with herbicides doubled in the decade following 1949, totaling 53 million acres in 1959.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
GSK said it had taken a hit totalling £1.3 billion after not proceeding further with camlipixant following final stage trials.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
Pricerunner had requested damages totalling 64 billion kronor and an additional 14 billion kronor in interest.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
Didier Deschamps' squad have been in action more than any of the leading nations, with 1,341 matches totalling 98,895 minutes.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
Volunteer driver Pete Hammond was wrongly sent fines totalling around £800 for his trips for the food bank, which took him by surprise as his new car was the same model as his previous one.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
The last count for this Association's membership made last week shows the Association has 575 paid members, plus 20 subscribers and one foreign exchange membership, totalling 596.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950 by Northern Nut Growers Association
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