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A World War II American airman attached eight banknotes from different countries into a roll called a “short snorter” and collected 39 signatures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
The opposition team will be led by Dinorah Figuera, who returned to Venezuela in June after almost eight years in exile.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
More than eight million households have been placed under hosepipe bans.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
Currently around 20 percent of working-age Europeans are outside the labour force, the report said, while some eight million young people are neither in employment, education nor training.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
When I sit down at my switchboard I must remain sitting there for eight hours.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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
Angela said she "loved" her outdoor class, because in traditional academic settings, while some of her friends are getting grade eights or nines, she will be "struggling getting threes".
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2026
Mom just talks in figure eights, making everything around her dizzy.
From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle
