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Long pleaded guilty to the offences in March at Southwark Crown Court and on Friday was jailed for eight years and fours months.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
The number of transits fell to eight on Thursday, the lowest level in three weeks, according to ship-tracking firm Kpler.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
New record for number of days reaching 34C or above: Nine days this summer so far, surpassing the previous record of eight days set in 1976.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
Strait of Hormuz transits fell to eight on Thursday, down from an average of 30 last week and roughly 130 a day before the war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
“Let’s just go. I’m thinking we run to the nature trail, do two laps around plus an extra mile out and back, then run back home. That’s eight miles. OK?”
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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
Imagine two teams lining up in similar 4-3-3s, with touchline-hugging wingers and two number eights in front of a defensive midfielder.
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2025
Though “here” isn’t anywhere yet...just a map of packed concrete highways crisscrossing overhead, curving, making figure eights.
From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
