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There, I joined a dozen young locals clambering aboard a rustic barge.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
On Tuesday, more than one dozen New York sheriff’s departments, including Rensselaer’s, filed a federal lawsuit in the filed in U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
I’ve seen Willie Nelson probably half a dozen times in the last 10 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
There were "no serious signs that her safety or anyone else's safety was at risk," said Tufts, who saw Clancy over a dozen times for five months.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
“What isssss it?” came a dozen discordant echoes.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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The Teamsters, which represent 250,000 workers across dozens of industries in California, said they have concerns about how this will affect drivers’ work and safety.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
Canada is hiring dozens of researchers away from US universities, including top research institutions such as Harvard as its relationship with its neighbour continues to sour.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
“We have deployed dozens of production use cases across operations, client engagement, and shared services.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
For the past several weeks, dozens of women dressed in pink have come to the court in Plymouth to show their support for Clancy -- and to make a statement about women's health more generally.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
As she did, details in the trunk became clearer, until she realized it wasn’t a single huge tree, but dozens of smaller trees that grew so close together, they acted as one.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack