volumes

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"Imports have become far more expensive for the local market," said Rajmohan Pillai, who runs a cashew firm, adding buyers can now afford only about 90 percent of last year's volumes.

From Barron's • May 17, 2026

There may also be a risk of explosion, it added, because of large volumes of internal gas caused by decomposition.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

"This is because the whale may carry diseases that can also be transmitted to humans, and there may also be a risk of explosion," as decomposition creates large volumes of gases, it said.

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

This was driven by a 7% increase in midmarket and specialty lines, Zurich Insurance’s preferred growth segment in nonlife insurance, which in turn reflected a 21% jump in construction volumes, the analyst says.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Then one day at the public library in Pawhuska I noticed, tucked amid volumes of Osage history, a spiral-bound manuscript titled “The Murder of Mary DeNoya-Bellieu-Lewis.”

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann