thousand

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Thousand Oaks, Calif.-based Amgen said Thursday that U.S. guidance for avacopan has included information on the risk of serious liver injury since 2021.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Evacuations were ordered for parts of Simi Valley and neighboring city Thousand Oaks, while several neighborhoods in northern Los Angeles were put under evacuation warnings.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

Doherty's other nomination is for best actress for her role in Disney+'s A Thousand Blows, which is also up for best drama.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

Oliver Burkeman’s 2021 book, “Four Thousand Weeks”—named for the average human lifespan, which he called “absurdly, terrifyingly, insultingly short”—sought to alarm readers into giving priority to the pursuits most meaningful to them.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Not the silvery catches that swam and somersaulted in the wooden basins that lined the market at the foot of the Mountain of Ten Thousand Steps.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord