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Because Stables is from Great Urswick himself, he wanted the child's identity to remain connected to the village where she was buried for thousands of years.

From Science Daily • May 20, 2026

When MySpace disappeared, there were thousands of bands where that was the only place they had published music, and that’s just gone.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

In Rwampara and other villages outside the city of Bunia, home to more than a million people and tens of thousands of others displaced by conflict, worry has begun to spread among the population.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

He vowed to defend Castro and said thousands of others would join him to fight for the elderly Cuban leader.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Behind them were dolphins numbering in the thousands!

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown