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Its revenue in the second quarter of this year was more than eight times the level of a year ago, thanks to strong demand, expanding production capacity and price increases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
The reserve for the WNBA’s Indiana Fever comes off the bench for the latter-day contenders, spelling for star Caitlin Clark and averaging a respectable eight points per game.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026
“I’m expected to eat three times a day. If I’m spending $20 per meal and I work eight hours, then that means I’m only really getting paid five hours.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
In a July report, Fitch Ratings said the eight nontraded BDCs it covers have enough cushion to keep paying 5% quarterly redemptions over the next year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
He left Shady Glen at six, and by the time he got to Maya-Jade’s and they watched a movie, it would probably be past eight o’clock.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
We gather in sixes and eights for dinner at places chosen more for their decibels than their desserts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Looping mischievously around one another, befezzed Shriners do figure eights on their tiny motorcycles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
Goddesses on roller skates glide in buttery figure eights across the glass-fiber-reinforced concrete.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2026
Whenever Arsenal's two-man midfield looked to cover Dembele, there was always at least one of those two high eights free.
From BBC ● May 7, 2025
Then he begins bobbing his head nervously, so that his face makes figure eights in front of me.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
