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The premium attached to European defense plays in the current environment are reflected in a price-to-earnings multiple of almost forty times for 2026, more than double that of the overall market.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 11, 2026

"They took away valuables -- my radio, my phone, and forty head of livestock" from the village, he said, not daring to name those responsible.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

The middle-aged artist appears in the picture’s foreground while behind her “are three small figures, dressed in the winter clothing of the girls of forty years ago.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

Over roughly forty years, the direction of this research has shifted in notable ways.

From Science Daily • Dec. 13, 2025

I believed in the fairy-tale version of the forest until I was close to forty years old.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen