decade
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But they have made mostly steady gains, with that figure rising from 2.9% a decade earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
It was actually the cost that drove me to become a vegetarian over a decade ago.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 1, 2026
He returned to power via a military coup in 1952, which in some ways lit the spark for Fidel Castro’s toppling of the Cuban government at the end of the decade.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026
You are more relaxed than you have ever been, and you have forgotten the way nearly every news story of the last decade grabs hold of your heart and squeezes, twists, strangles.
From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2026
Her two-year stay stretched into nearly a decade, and her future is uncertain, but Joey is a fighter.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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Once in the U.S., many paper sons kept their identities secret for decades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
The director has been an experienced target shooter for decades, according to a person familiar with the circumstances, who described the injury as minor and subcutaneous.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026
Some protesters carried red carnations, a symbol of Portugal's 1974 revolution, evoking the peaceful military-led uprising that ended nearly five decades of dictatorship.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026
Warren Buffett has spent decades making essentially the same wager, stating numerous times that betting against America is a losing proposition.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 1, 2026
Her parents had been collecting DVDs for decades.
From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence
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