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Americans are holding on to their cars for longer these days: The average car on U.S. roads is about 13 years old, a historic high.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2026

He missed all last season attending a continuation school as he tried to improve a grade-point average that he said was once below 1.0.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026

Boats that arrived in the UK from 1 November 2025 to 31 October 2026 carried an average of 68 people.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

“We therefore assume macro-policy hedge demand for gold – reflected in call-option demand – normalizes toward its historical average rather than returning to the elevated levels seen earlier this year,” they wrote.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026

Fifty thousand pounds in modern money, using a retail price index, but £725,000 in modern money using an average wage multiplier.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

He had 10 points in the first quarter, a slow start for him considering he averages 15 points per game in the first 12 minutes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

Forget four goals in three minutes—Winnipeg averages just 2.44 goals per game this season, the third-lowest mark in the league.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

He averages a solid 42.69 in first-class cricket in the County Championship.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

The organization updates its out-of-pocket cost averages every five years.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

He was staring at the batting averages, but he saw nothing except the image of a little girl in a brown plaid skirt, scared out of her wits, biting her lower lip.

From "The Landry News" by Andrew Clements

He averaged 33.9 points, 9.2 rebounds and 9.8 assists during the regular season then led the Mavericks to the NBA Finals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026

Exports of crude oil from the Persian Gulf averaged 17.1 million barrels a day in October, according to ship-tracking data, down from September, they say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

Up until the start of 2025, Bavuma averaged 46.85 against spin but since then his record drops to 21.37.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

At ExxonMobil, oil prices averaged around $85 per barrel during the period, about a third more than in the 2025 quarter.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

The department’s budget from 1931 through 1933 averaged about $11,000 a year, mostly for apparatus and supplies, falling to $8,000 in the Depression year of 1934.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

Doncic is now averaging 40.1 points per game this season.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2026

The war has lasted for 9 months, and led to oil prices used in the forecast averaging $108 a barrel.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

"Once operational, the facilities are projected to sustain more than 9,000 local jobs per year, with wages averaging 45 percent above the national median," it added.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

Meanwhile, Status reported that October 2026 is Fox News’ lowest-rated month since December 2023, with the network averaging 1.1 million total-day viewers.

From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026

There was the fact that they were an unusually big and athletic bunch, averaging 190 pounds, beefier and stronger on average than the juniors and seniors.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown