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few

[fyoo] / fju /




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He added that it was “good to see the froth being skimmed” from the AI trade, which has driven much of the stock market’s growth over the past few years.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 8, 2026

In her election night speech, still trailing Bass by a few percentage points that she would quickly make up, Raman spoke to that vision.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2026

In the past few decades, historians have mined ancient sources to paint a fuller picture.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026

Images taken from orbit indicate that some Martian volcanoes experienced eruptions within the past few million years.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026

“Yeah, I saw a few of them,” she says.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

His home in Giverny, northwest of the capital, bears ample witness to his success, especially his water and flower gardens, which he created from scratch and employed no fewer than five full-time gardeners to manage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

This included plans for a National Police Service to tackle the most complex crimes and a possible merger of the 43 forces into fewer, larger forces.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

One important limitation was that fewer participants experienced major cardiovascular events than the investigators had anticipated.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026

It was last at that level fewer than nine months ago.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

I hear less honking in the distance, and fewer lights interfere with the stars.

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan

It’s on pace for the fewest conceded by any team since the 2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers team that went on to win the Super Bowl.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Liverpool have faced a low block in 28% of their games - more than any other Premier League side - while the 15% of their games facing a high block is the fewest.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

Maximum parsimony identifies evolutionary relationships that require the fewest changes in characteristics, while Bayesian tip-dating also incorporates statistical estimates of evolutionary history and information about when fossils lived.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

Mississippi and Louisiana share the dubious distinction of having the fewest EV chargers per person in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

A hired boy took on a few, and Chris Beeston reluctantly agreed to don women's costume again, and for a time the sharers scheduled the plays with the fewest female roles.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood


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