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Donovan said the type of funding Airbnb is providing can have an outsize impact by unlocking significantly more funding for housing projects, but addressing the housing shortfall nationwide will take tens of billions of dollars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Increased pollution from coal and gas plants will cause hundreds of billions of dollars in negative health impacts from asthma, heart and lung disease and premature deaths, among other outcomes, he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Big Pharma firms have cut license deals worth tens of billions of dollars for cancer drugs invented in China.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
"But I'm definitely not giving it up," she said, and stressed that the government was "making a difference" through investing billions in social and affordable homes.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
There were billions of conscientious body cells oxidating away day and night like dumb animals at their complicated job of keeping him alive and healthy, and every one was a potential traitor and foe.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
