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“You have to say that it was an act of total evil. But it was also one of the most successful Arab victories since Hattin in 1187, when Saladin defeated the Crusaders and took Jerusalem.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
In total, they spent a year and half working full time on “Jared Leto: Hollywood’s Dark Secret.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
ExxonMobil’s total revenue rose 42% to $116 billion and Chevron revenue was up 56% to $70.06 billion, above the respective FactSet consensus of $109.94 billion and $62.72 billion.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
The latest interviews bring the total number of suspects questioned to six, but no arrests have been made and the investigation is ongoing.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
This was what they had been waiting for: total collapse.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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Across all four apps, estimated calorie totals were about 250 to 345 calories too low per meal on average.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026
It said its higher totals on individual days – 152 on 26 January last year, and 97 on 21 February this year – were a result of large gaps between cullings.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Although far below its prewar totals, Saudi Arabia has been able to continue exporting millions of barrels of oil a day via its Red Sea port of Yanbu.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
So far this year, companies have sold $344.7 billion of new shares to investors, exceeding the full-year totals for each year from 2022 to 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
And he had stooges or frightened kids like David Caroni who sang out their reports in the classroom as Leon basked in the totals.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
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ExxonMobil’s net earnings for the latest quarter totaled $14.53 billion, which was up 247% from the first quarter, and up 106% from a year ago.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
One of Walter’s firms, Delaware Life, which had earlier reported that affiliated investments totaled about $1 billion, or no more than 3% of its portfolio, said it was reclassifying billions in investments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Global retail sales totaled $4.85 billion in the second quarter, up from $4.67 billion a year earlier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Non-Imax 70mm film screening revenue totaled 3%, while 35mm showings made up 0.3%.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2026
In the final accounting, the parade expenses totaled $13,750—an amount equal to more than $330,000 in today’s dollars—and the bills were paid in full.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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In the capital Havana, power outages totalled more than 30 hours at a time, while in the outlying provinces, it was several days before electricity was restored.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
Foreign arrival numbers into the country have broken records each year, and totalled 97 million in 2025.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026
The deficit during the first six months of this fiscal year totalled $1.2 trillion, which is $139 billion less than the same period last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
The missile business for U.S. prime contractors totalled about $30 billion in 2025, per Lockheed Martin.
From Barron's ● Mar. 25, 2026
In the last week of May rains were frequent, and the precipitation totalled 2.09 inches.
From Field Study of Kansas Ant-Eating Frog by Fitch, Henry S.
Approximately 43 million Americans are carrying some student-loan debt, totaling $1.7 trillion as of early 2026, according to data from financial-services company SoFi.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
Turk said her organization is waiting on federal contracts for grants totaling $4.2 million.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
It has previously contracted with Oracle for data-center capacity totaling 6 gigawatts, which is mostly still under development.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
The government has allocated more than 40 plots of land in La Guaira, totaling about 584,000 square meters, for the construction of new homes, Rodriguez said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026
Then he went back to totaling an order for a gaunt housewife.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
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GSK said it had taken a hit totalling £1.3 billion after not proceeding further with camlipixant following final stage trials.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
Kyrgios was fined three times for amounts totalling £14,500 during the 2022 tournament.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
Pricerunner had requested damages totalling 64 billion kronor and an additional 14 billion kronor in interest.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
Volunteer driver Pete Hammond was wrongly sent fines totalling around £800 for his trips for the food bank, which took him by surprise as his new car was the same model as his previous one.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
At the death of Augustus the number of the legions was twenty-five; under Vespasian it was thirty; and Severus increased it to thirty-three, totalling over 180,000 men.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly
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