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That discrepancy ought to be a warning for banks involved, especially since China purchases roughly 90% of Iran’s exported oil.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
It was the Internet’s leading mapping site when America Online acquired it in December 1999 for $1.1 billion, or roughly $2.2 billion in today’s dollars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
The tracks, preserved near an ancient lakeshore, appear to record eight Paranthropus boisei individuals occupying the same place at roughly the same time.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
The mission begins with a 100-day journey to a vantage point roughly one million miles from Earth, where the telescope will then start charting planets outside our solar system, known as exoplanets.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
Spots or patches often form symmetrical patterns on the body, so a person with vitiligo on her right arm is likely to have it in roughly the same place on her left.
From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish
