forty

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In our town, we’re told in the new LA28 announcement of the Cultural Olympiad: “It’s been forty years. Los Angeles is ready to do it again.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

Diana Zuckerman, the founder and president of the National Center for Health Research, has worked in health policy research and advocacy in Washington, D.C., for more than forty years.

From Salon • May 7, 2026

"They took away valuables -- my radio, my phone, and forty head of livestock" from the village, he said, not daring to name those responsible.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

James Hankins is leaving Harvard after forty years as a history professor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

In Fukushima prefecture, the first tsunami wave reached the Daiichi nuclear plant at 3:27 P.M., forty minutes after the earthquake.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland