dozen

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On a typical night, more than a dozen will strike.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026

More than a dozen similar fossils stored in museums were eventually linked to the newly identified predator.

From Science Daily • May 23, 2026

The BBC has been in contact with more than a dozen women who have undergone private breast reduction surgery in the past few years.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

Even when made to fight alongside Rotta against half a dozen or so supposedly terrifying creatures, there isn’t the slightest doubt that he will prevail.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

I must have had a dozen dreams—good ones and bad ones.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls