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[toht-l] / ˈtoʊt l /






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“The French don’t like seeing people who are too rich, and they don’t like seeing Total make so much money,” said Jean-Pierre Favennec, an economist based in Paris.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Total attendance is projected to reach 6.5 million, according to BofA Securities.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Marvell is an information-technology company, and that sector is underrepresented in the S&P 500 relative to its weighting in the S&P Total Market Index, which houses a wider swath of companies.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

Petro also bet on Total Peace, an effort to simultaneously negotiate disarmament deals with cocaine-trafficking groups.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Total surprise followed by looking at me like I was a disease on two feet.

From "Fish in a Tree" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt




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