a number

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SpaceX is pursuing a number of goals that will require years of investment and ultimately may not even be realized.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

“This was a huge counterparty to a number of big banks who seem to have absolutely no idea what was going on,” said Edward Firth, a banking analyst at KBW in London.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

From the beginning, Westlake/MacArthur served a number of apartment dwellers, but the apartments and the dwellers have changed.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

"Rangers now are quite a number of points behind Hearts," said O'Neill.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

Farmer, Kim, andBayona collected a number of official WHO statements and read them with dismay.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French