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It quotes campaigners who believe it would affect some six million people and bring hardship to those unable to keep working.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
The three million residents of Kyiv are bracing for the worst winter of the nearly five-year-old war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
“We got a million of these,” he said after doling out a few verses of “On to the Next One” — not bragging so much as explaining.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026
Around 6.8 million Spaniards receive a state pension.
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026
A million little silver strands burst in the serpent’s face, prompting it to recoil and blink its way through the sparkly cloud.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
Belt-tightening afflicting millions of households is having an impact, she noted.
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026
This distinction matters because a word that appears millions of times contributes much more to everyday communication than one that is rarely used.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
Caltrans has secured millions in emergency funding to fix the large crack in the slope below Pacific Coast Highway near the Moro Beach section of Crystal Cove.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026
Lawyers for Isbilen previously told the court that tens of millions of her funds had been misappropriated, with Turk failing to explain where the money had gone.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
When the seafloor springs up, it shoves millions of gallons of water upward and outward.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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