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“The department is in free fall. My motto is ‘Help is on the way,’” Villanueva said, prompting nods of affirmation from the three dozen or so professionals in attendance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
The research brought together nearly 30 scientists from more than a dozen institutions around the world.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
She survived her scheduled execution after receiving two doses of pentobarbital, a sedative that more than a dozen states use for capital punishment, in September.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
As she spoke, around a dozen people, of all ages, gathered around us.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
We had been in this outer camp at Vught almost two weeks when Betsie and I, along with a dozen others, were called out by name during morning roll call.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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The breaking news from Spain this week was shocking but also shockingly familiar: another collision on the high-speed rail line south from Madrid, with reports of dozens killed.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
Cooper said in a video on Friday, “I saw dozens of commercial vessels transiting—all types, cargo, crude oil, liquid natural gas or LNG.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
In the years since, several large drugmakers restructured their businesses, laying off thousands of workers and ending clinical development for dozens of drugs.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
California election skeptics filed dozens of public records requests.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
It was a stack of bread, dozens of flat black loaves piled one on top of another.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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