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"We are going to achieve such a victory that will surprise everyone, perhaps even ourselves," he told several thousand supporters in a small square on Budapest's Castle Hill.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

“It’s been a death by a thousand cuts, and this is the last big chomp,” she said.

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026

After setting aside their first few thousand dollars for emergencies, experts suggest that people start to simultaneously save for retirement as they finish building up their emergency fund.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

Competitive players shouldn’t take anything outside 6 inches but that’s only a few thousand out of millions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

“Come and let me see you fold another paper crane before you go to sleep. After you finish one thousand birds, you’ll live to be an old, old lady.”

From "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes" by Eleanor Coerr