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It seems fair to say that the average American who wants to keep a handgun at home did not sign up for unpermitted open carry of an AR-15 at the zoo.

From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026

The number of incidents recorded at the forecourts in the sample equates to 2,872 daily incidents on average at forecourts across the UK in the months after war began, up from around 2,400.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

FreshFarm—operator of the market Hargrove visited and 24 others in the Washington, D.C., area—has had a 30% increase in average foot traffic since early July, said Cat Oakar, the group’s executive director.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

The average ticket on Broadway, meanwhile, costs about $131.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026

“They said he was just an average student, not someone you’d expect to revolutionize the tech world.”

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

Yet Supino added that he now values AT&T’s stock at an earnings multiple “below historic averages to reflect a stubborn Starlink overhang.”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 25, 2026

Long Beach has a total of 22 ship terminals and officials estimate that the electricity bill for each terminal averages $420,000 a month.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026

Since the beginning of 2025, he averages 70 in this format.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

Hamby averages 3.2 fouls per game and has expressed frustration about the new officiating norms this season, but has avoided true foul trouble.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026

Dear Diary, Ever since Ms. Gruwell announced that the Freedom Writers with the top thirty-five grade point averages would win computers when we graduated, I started getting As and Bs on my report card.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers

U.S. retail prices of gasoline and diesel averaged $4.11 a gallon and $5.35 a gallon, respectively, on Friday.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026

The 30-year fixed rate averaged 6.66% this week, up from 6.58% the week prior, according to Freddie Mac.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

Overall for Bodo/Glimt, the Denmark striker - who has scored once in four caps for his country - has averaged a goal every other game.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

The survey added on average, people in the affordable rental or partial ownership market spent 33% of gross income on housing-related issues, while private market renters averaged 22% and owners with mortgages averaged 19%.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026

From 1980 to 1996 he averaged two discoveries a year–not a huge payoff for hundreds of nights of peering and peering.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

Goldman’s base case is Brent averaging $80 in the last quarter of this year and $75 in 2027 – assuming de-escalation before the end of the year.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026

Attendance topped 6.8 million, a World Cup record averaging more than 65,000 fans a game.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

So-called gasoline crack spreads, which measure the difference between gasoline and crude-oil prices, are averaging 90 cents a gallon so far this month.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026

A cliff averaging one foot a year might actually not do anything dramatic for 20 years, and then a 20-foot collapse will abruptly topple in one go.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026

I had 400 plants, probably averaging 5 potatoes each; 2000 taters.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir