large numbers

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Gererd Pike of Hooked Up Fishing said his fishing charter boat was six miles from Kennedy Shoal on Sunday and he had seen large numbers of "vicious, unpredictable" bull sharks in the area.

From Barron's • May 24, 2026

Any state collapse could also pose a challenge to the Trump administration if large numbers of Cubans fled the country, particularly towards the US.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Allison Janney, “The Diplomat” “The women of ‘The Pitt’ didn’t make it in this category in large numbers last year outside of Katherine LaNasa.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

“We kindly ask you not to rush to our stores in large numbers to acquire this product,” it wrote online.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

If there are large numbers of people having the blood test, the medical director would be wise to take part of each sample, pool it, and test this pooled sample first.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos