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A week later, the job takes eight hours and costs $160.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
We’re not going to score eight to 10 runs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
Price rallied in set eight and won three successive legs to force a best-of-three finale, but, after a short break, Humphries found another gear.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
Across that timespan, the audience is treated to “That Thing You Do!” in part or in full eight times, once every 13 minutes.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026
At noon, eight drivers left Kaltag in staggered order.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
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
Then he puts the cat down on the sand, and while the cat does figure eights around his ankles, Henry lets out a sound like a giant with a toothache.
From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
