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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

In a best-case scenario, we should see a couple of hundred thousand additional barrels of oil coming out of Venezuela in the near term.

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

To turn around and sail the same hundred miles against the wind, and especially if there is a current against you, might take one, even two weeks.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen