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For much of the past year, more than a quarter of unemployed people have been without a job for at least six months, federal data shows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
In this case, six days passed before the spacecraft had the right opportunity to photograph the new crater.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
If I neglect it for six months, it will not announce that it misses me.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
Two of the world’s most sophisticated equipment buyers, depreciating similar gear, landed six months apart on how long that gear lasts.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 20, 2026
For six or seven miles the trail wound through the wreckage of downed trees and broken limbs.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
The chase had been set up by New Zealand's Tim Seifert, who struck a magnificent 72 off 38, featuring seven sixes and four fours in a brutal display of power.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
The right-hander dominated the bowling in crashing 10 fours and seven sixes in a superb 123 from 76 balls in Lancashire's 443-6.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Against Somerset, whose XI also featured spinner Archie Vaughan, son of former England captain Michael, Flintoff was particularly destructive in hitting sixes over straight mid-wicket in a fashion reminiscent of his father.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
The England white-ball great passed Kieron Pollard's record of 14,803 at Old Trafford by launching the first of three consecutive sixes off Marco Jansen.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
In Carlton everything was at sixes and sevens In preparation for the second campaign.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
