thousand

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“It’s been death by a thousand cuts,” said Daniel Yukelson, the head of a landlord trade group in Los Angeles.

From The Wall Street Journal

There are thousands of RIAs, which focus on financial planning and on managing investment portfolios.

From The Wall Street Journal

Chinese research submarines for the first time traveled thousands of feet beneath the Arctic ice this summer, a technical feat with chilling military and commercial implications for America and its allies.

From The Wall Street Journal

Tens of thousands of people from around the world will descend on Edinburgh this week to join a huge street party celebrating the new year.

From BBC

Tens of thousands more were either missing in action or held captive, he added.

From BBC