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Mass-market carmakers such as Ford and Jeep-owner Stellantis that rushed into EVs have taken billions of dollars in write-downs as they shift focus back to combustion engines and hybrids.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

Some prospective IPO investors feared that Mastercard could ultimately be on the hook for many billions of dollars’ worth of legal liabilities related to allegations of price fixing.

From MarketWatch • May 25, 2026

A review of federal spending data by the news organizations also revealed how the first Trump administration had made hundreds of contract modifications, increasing the cost of the border wall project by billions.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

They are not answerable to the Saudi people for the many billions of dollars that have been spent on projects that may now only ever exist on the internet.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

At a stroke, in a simple formula, Einstein endowed geologists and astronomers with the luxury of billions of years.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson