thousand

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“I think it seats a thousand people,” she recalls.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

If you’re a sports fan with a few thousand dollars to spare, you can try buying a ticket for the next Super Bowl or one for this World Cup first-round game.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

Two thousand hours of “artisanal hand sewing” got the job done, he said in a quote posted on Smith’s Instagram.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

In January, his team documented a mass attack on WhatsApp that compromised an estimated several hundred thousand accounts - a platform which he said was widely used by government ministers and officials.

From BBC • May 3, 2026

“I wish we could, but for the thousand reasons I’ve already told you a thousand times, we can’t.”

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam