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At these microscopic distances, electrons can move roughly a thousand times faster than atoms and molecules, with important changes taking place over just attoseconds.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2026
Hair and makeup designer Flora Moody estimates her team applied orc makeup to more than a thousand performers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
This echoes a warning from Poundland founder Steve Smith on Monday that two or three thousand suppliers to the firm, which only work for Poundland, would be directly affected by its collapse.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
A few thousand years from now, it will be something else.
From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2026
It would have cost Mom over a thousand dollars to fly there, and that’s if she flew coach—something she hates.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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One of those pay packages gave thousands of civilian city workers raises of about 24% over five years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2026
Hundreds of thousands of people pour onto the Champs-Élysées to greet the pontiff in Paris.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026
The unusually good preservation of the cannabis DNA could provide valuable insights into how humans domesticated the plant and how it spread across different regions over thousands of years.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026
Tens of thousands of tourists visited each season, providing an important source of income to the region.
From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2026
Thousands and thousands of feet from the ground.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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