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Earlier this week, more than a thousand fans dressed as Monroe in her famous white-pleated dress in Palm Springs, California, to pose next to an iconic statue of her wearing the same outfit.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

However, with gas rising to $4.26 a gallon on average, more Americans are opting to pay a few thousand dollars extra to get a new car that also uses less fuel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Instead of earning a couple of thousand dollars to kickstart the next chapter of my life, I spent months worrying about what taking a service job might say about me.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

Payne now has more followers than New Zealand's All Whites, which are yet to reach 45,000, and his national team captain, Nottingham Forest striker Chris Wood, who has 162 thousand followers.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

By February 1862, more than two thousand soldiers had been killed, and roughly a hundred thousand had been wounded in dozens of minor skirmishes and major battles.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock