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Both are large workforces, roughly comparable in size, though truck drivers are disproportionately men and call center workers disproportionately women—and as you'd guess, truck drivers earn substantially more.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

"But discovering a necropolis of this scale was completely unexpected: the size of distribution, the depth and the age range were far beyond anything we had imagined," Xiaotong Peng said.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Explaining the tracks, she said: "There were four trackways of sauropod footprints and none of them were the same size as each other."

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

"Transporting a stone of this size over such a long distance would have required planning, coordination and a deep understanding of the landscape -- not to mention tremendous determination," Dr. Clarke said.

From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026

Looming overhead, the sky is bruised with dark clouds and constellations of fish-like blimps, each the size of a bus.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin