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Before the war began at the end of February, more than a hundred ships crossed the strait most days.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

A projection by the city administrative officer estimates the city’s budget deficit to be “several hundred million.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

Two hundred fifty years ago, the “truths” Thomas Jefferson laid out in the Declaration of Independence were not yet “self-evident,” as Elaine Pagels pointed out in a recent essay.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

Discarded fake hundred dollar bills are lying all over the floor.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

I smoothed the dress with my hands as I knelt over the small fire that had glowed in the Ryans’ hearth for more than a hundred years.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff