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“An offshore field with 15 to 20 wells might produce 150,000 barrels a day,” Robotti said, while estimating that an onshore well might produce “a thousand barrels a day if you are lucky.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
A thousand people attended including many celebrities, requiring nearby streets to be blocked off and a heavy police presence.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
AT&T has over a thousand internal uses for AI, from supporting back-office functions like legal and finance to assisting field technicians and running its core network operations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
The Eighth is known as “Symphony of a Thousand,” yet a thousand musicians, chorus members and vocal soloists were too few for Dudamel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Booksellers who had ordered a thousand copies found they could sell five thousand.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
The quake destroyed over 12,000 homes, official data shows, making thousands of families destitute.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Castro promoted guerrilla movements throughout Latin America and leveraged his alliance with the Soviet Union to send tens of thousands of Cuban soldiers into Africa.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
Chilean scientist Yasmin Catricheo, travelled thousands of miles to A Coruña, north-west Spain for the event.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
The suit alleged that tenants in thousands of rental units were charged illegal fees, while the company failed to maintain the properties.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
I followed my escort into the single large room where several hundred men and women sat at long plank tables covered with thousands of tiny radio parts.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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