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Addressing more than a dozen criminal justice and forensics students—including two other groups who’d reviewed different cases for their class assignment—Stafford announced that U.S.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

Last month, US media outlets said at least a dozen American soldiers were injured by an Iranian attack on the base.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union last year agreed to a new long-term labor contract covering about 26,000 JBS workers across more than a dozen U.S. facilities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

HYSAs are more liquid and withdrawals are limited to half a dozen per month.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

It was amazing they both weren’t devoured by pixies, but then I saw a dozen servants surrounding them, swatting the pixies away with big paddles or spraying them with dirt.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff