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hour

[ouuhr, ou-er] / aʊər, ˈaʊ ər /






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“You Must Be Here for the Reading,” running through June 20 at North Hollywood’s After Hours Theatre, is part theatrical and dance performance, part tarot reading and part cocktail hour.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

The company lost $4.6 billion in 2023, $4.9 billion in 2025, and $4.3 billion just in the first three months of this year — equivalent to $2 million per hour.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

It took officials an hour and 40 minutes to capture the bear after identifying its location about 2.5km south of the main railway station on Tuesday, according to Utsunomiya East Police.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Watch-party tickets in Madison Square Garden for game 2 in Texas last weekend sold out within an hour, with about 18,000 paying to see the game on television at the arena.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

After perhaps half an hour of visiting among the tables, the foreman reminded us that we had a day’s quota to meet and people drifted back to their places.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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