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There is limited data on the presence and impacts of all PFAS, which number a few thousand, but some are known to be toxic and carcinogenic.

From BBC

Using modern text analysis, we examined hundreds of thousands of songs and every word they contained.

From The Wall Street Journal

Third, the military collapse of the caliphate 10 years ago didn’t result only in its territorial disappearance; it also led to the internment of several thousand jihadists fanatical to the point of madness.

From The Wall Street Journal

Autonomous trucks could be a safety hazard and could eliminate thousands of jobs, the union said.

From Los Angeles Times

Even if that someone is a dog three thousand miles away in Fairbanks.

From Literature