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UMA.rocks accounted for 8% of votes in recent disputes and some traders see it as a bellwether for how UMA as a whole will rule.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

At one point, the luxury ship accounted for a remarkable 50 percent of all confirmed coronavirus cases.

From Slate • May 16, 2026

The study found that cancers diagnosed before age 50 accounted for 6.1% of all colorectal cancer cases.

From Science Daily • May 15, 2026

China, an important market, accounted for over 20% of Boeing deliveries from 2010-2019 and needs 8,800 planes in 20 years.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

Essentially the same processes accounted for the replacement of Aboriginal Australian languages by English, and of subequatorial Africa’s original Pygmy and Khoisan languages by Bantu languages.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond