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As its name indicates, the company is best known as a rocketship firm, with billions of dollars in U.S. government contracts aimed at transporting humans to the moon.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

The California smartphone maker has lagged behind its competitors in the AI race as tech companies pour hundreds of billions of dollars into advancing their chatbots and investing in data centers and other infrastructure.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Starting in 2004 when South Africa won the right to host the international soccer competition, the government spent billions on new and refurbished stadiums, transportation and security, according to the national treasury.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

One is access to money, in the form of sanctions relief and the unfreezing of tens of billions of dollars from its oil revenues.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

For us, the universe goes only as far as light has traveled in the billions of years since the universe was formed.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson