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BBC Sport has been told by World Cup volunteers at the ground that the number of people arriving early before the game was much higher than the previous seven matches at the stadium.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

Nolan was the most successful and prolific among a tiny number of filmmakers who still called their own shots.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

A small number of people who hear The Hum may genuinely have unusually sensitive low-frequency hearing.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026

Since then, the I.C.C. has tried war criminals and has a number of active cases, although few leaders have faced charges while in office.

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026

Your brain has lots of synapses because the neurons are layered and clumped together so that the number of possible connections is huge.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

Others are wary of the new approach to investment-management prices, which relies on labor-market numbers that are subject to large revisions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

Ghost guns, which authorities say make it more difficult to investigate shootings because they lack serial numbers, have been a growing problem for law enforcement nationwide.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026

In states using HealthCare.gov, the federal website for ACA enrollment, the numbers declined much more – 18.7%, on average – than in states that run their own exchanges, where the drop averaged out to 6.3%.

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026

After nearly a decade away from UK audiences, Mars proved why fans had snapped up tickets in record numbers, external.

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

And from what my new friends were telling me, their numbers were declining.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

The details of the bodies are documented and the graves numbered so that family members can return and reclaim them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

He began his visit at a cemetery, pausing in prayer in an area where unidentified migrants are buried in numbered graves.

From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026

On the NYSE, new 52-week highs outpaced new lows and numbered more than 100 again, so this buy signal is still in place — narrowly averting being stopped out.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 2026

The project stretches for miles, with numbered gates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

For instance, California’s native hunter-gatherers initially numbered about 200,000 in aggregate, but they were splintered among a hundred tribelets, none of which required a war to be defeated.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

A human tsunami -- numbering more than 1.2 million people according to organisers -- braved the heat.

From Barron's ● Jun. 7, 2026

Despite numbering only about 2,000 individuals, the Bristol Bay belugas showed high levels of genetic diversity and relatively little evidence of inbreeding.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 4, 2026

The move is also expected to increase capacity, a growing consideration as the academy’s ranks have expanded significantly in recent years, now numbering more than 11,000 members.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026

A tiny polished die recovered from a deserted medieval village in Lower Radbourne, Warwickshire, resembles modern ones, but with a different numbering format.

From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2026

At first glance this style of numbering might not seem so bad, but it guaranteed trouble.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife