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The first few hundred pages were great, but at some point it became evident that the rest was going to describe in great detail the outcome named in the subtitle: the fall of New York.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

“Based on what the options were pricing in heading into the week, that equates to nearly a three standard-deviation move, which should only happen about one out of every hundred weeks.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026

Rather, it points to the same conclusion that held for almost the first hundred years of the nation—that the federal government may raise an army, but it may not force anyone to serve in it.

From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026

That winter Taylor had secured his place in England's Test side throughout their series in South Africa, having scored his first international hundred at the end of the 2015 summer.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

I’d checked my weather app a hundred times—worried we wouldn’t make it to DC tomorrow—but, thankfully, the forecast promised the snow would only last through tonight.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows