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With these changes, the company plans to lay off a few hundred employees across its film, TV and corporate divisions.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

Honestly, production is going to grow by a couple of hundred thousand barrels incrementally, but it will require a significant turnaround.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

She started mass-applying almost immediately to several hundred new positions, but her efforts yielded little results.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

Scientists followed several hundred randomly selected men and women in Sweden from ages 16 to 63, repeatedly measuring their fitness and strength over a span of 47 years.

From Science Daily • May 15, 2026

By 4:30 a.m. we had to be standing outside in the black predawn chill, standing at parade attention in blocks of one hundred women, ten wide, ten deep.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom