number
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Councillors approved recommendations including setting up an in-house advice and support team with South Hams District Council to help deal with the number of applications for funding, which had become "a daily occurrence".
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
A South African government statement put the number flown out at 268.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
The claim that more than 80% of the more than 11,000 claims of abuse could be fraudulent has drawn skepticism among some victims and attorneys, who say the number far surpasses what anyone had expected.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
We’ll see several startling upsets in this round that won’t end up mattering, along with a disheartening number of 0-0 and 1-1 draws.
From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026
We used it every day; it’s how we would locate the address of a locksmith or florist or furniture upholsterer, or any number of the women who volunteered in my mother’s benevolent societies.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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