twelve
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The research effort began more than twelve years ago, when scientists repeatedly encountered frogs that clearly appeared to represent species that had never been formally described.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
Anthony Darrell Hines, 66, who has maintained his innocence for four years and is bedridden, is scheduled to be executed in Tennessee on Thursday under the same protocol that failed twelve weeks ago with Carruthers.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
“The English Patient” was nominated for twelve Academy Awards and won nine, including Best Picture.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
“The global situation has continued to deteriorate over the past twelve months,” Chief Executive Oliver Blume said in a recorded message following the meeting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
This means that the negative results must happen twelve times in a row.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
We need to think about the world in terms of twelves!
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 7, 2019
Six seeds are 86-50 against the elevens, fives are 89-47 against twelves, and once you get to fours vs. thirteens, you're in never gonna happen territory.
From Golf Digest ● Mar. 18, 2019
Your teacher chants, “Twelve twelves, a hundred thirty-four.”
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 17, 2012
Norman Douglas divides his life into mystic twelves.
From Time Magazine Archive
“I’ve only run this weight five miles before, and it took me about an hour. That’s, like, twelves, and we’re doing ten thirties!”
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
