numbering

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Cepeda was central to Petro’s signature plan, Total Peace, designed to de-escalate conflict with the country’s hybrid groups that are part insurgencies, part drug gangs, each numbering thousands of fighters.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

Prior to the pandemic, Chinese tourists made up the bulk of foreign visitors to North Korea, numbering roughly 350,000 in 2019 and providing a huge revenue stream for Pyongyang, according to specialist website NK News.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

"People are already familiar with the current SPF numbering system and it's used around the world. The numbers just need to be accurate."

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

Outer coast transients, numbering about 210 animals, were most often found within 20 kilometers of the continental shelf break, particularly near submarine canyons.

From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2025

For its first one hundred years, it was thinly populated, rarely numbering more than ten thousand people.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell