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Females also reproduce slowly, usually giving birth only once every eight years.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
The yield on the 10-year note has now risen in eight of the last 10 trading sessions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
The resolution, seen by AFP, was adopted by 23 votes in favour, three votes against and eight abstentions, two diplomats told AFP.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
All eight episodes drop in full on Paramount+.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
The first was barely eight feet away now.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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
Thus, like a toy train doing endless figure eights on a looping track, her thoughts inevitably circled back to the very spot they kept trying to leave behind.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
