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Audlem Charity Shop, in Cheshire, used to open Monday to Saturday and would take a few hundred pounds in a week.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

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

A door in the center let us into a large room where two hundred or more women bent over knitting needles.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom