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That Palace statement, questioning Earl Spencer's account of the days after his sister's death, was a total contrast to its normal "never explain, never complain" mantra.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
The Boilermakers had 488 total yards, with Ryan Browne completing 19 of 30 passes for 378 yards, with three touchdowns and an interception.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
BofA strategists now forecast well over $300 billion in total debt issuance this year from Amazon, Alphabet, Meta and Microsoft.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
“Even if growth in data center decelerates slightly next year,” the analysts said Texas Instruments’ total revenue should be able to grow by about 20%.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
My heartbeat quickened, my stress levels surpassing total destruction on the Richter scale.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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CPL shared the post on Instagram, where other patrons began volunteering their totals in the comments — a spontaneous little leaderboard for people whose competitive edge expresses itself through returning DVDs on time.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
Garreaud said precipitation totals reached levels "rarely seen in the otherwise extremely arid region."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026
The totals are not definitive and could yet rise.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
In terms of cumulative volume breadth, both “stocks only” totals reached new all-time highs yesterday, so that is a bullish sign.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
“Here’s what to do. Arrange to have Renault appear before The Vigils. Check up on the sale—get the totals, facts and figures.”
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
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Average monthly spending on the program totaled $12 billion from April to September 2020, a 61% jump from a year earlier, according to the Agriculture Department.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
The watchdog's report also notes that equipment losses have totaled $3.7bn, with other $7.4bn in other expenditures.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
In the second quarter, hardship withdrawals totaled 3%, which is an increase from 2.6% a year ago, Fidelity said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
At the time, prosecutors said he had defrauded about 28 victims and that the fraud totaled about $993,000.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
Brian then went to Brother Leon’s office and totaled all the figures.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
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In 2025-26, Chelsea totalled 123 build-up attacks and 613 sequences of 10 passes or more.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
In the 10 months preceding the war, Iran's trade with the UAE totalled $21 billion according to official Iranian figures.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
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
In contrast, Canadian-resident return trips from overseas countries by air totalled 1.5 million in March, up 4.9% on-year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026
Teed mentions the fact that his incomplete collection of “Indians” totalled over three hundred.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various
In June, the board approved three other seismic-risk reconstructions totaling $496.9 million: Normandie Avenue Elementary and 107th Street Elementary — both in South L.A. — and Narbonne High School in the Harbor area.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
The gathering, which starts Monday, seeks to pair companies pitching projects with some of the world’s top asset managers responsible for assets totaling over $100 trillion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Through acquisitions of other tech firms, the company has assembled a portfolio of 17 owned properties totaling more than 2.2 million square feet, according to CoStar data.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
His state financial disclosure for 2001 listed assets totaling no more than $170,000, a ProPublica and Tribune analysis found.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
Because their system of counting was based on the number 20, the Mayans naturally divided their year into 18 months of 20 days each, totaling 360 days.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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Only six female jockeys have had rides in British Classics in 250 years, totalling 12 rides, according to the National Horseracing Museum.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Willian joined Chelsea from Anzhi Makhachkala in 2013, with the investigation finding that transfer fee payments totalling £19.2m were made to two unregistered entities in connection with his move and that of Samuel Eto'o.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
More than 60% — totalling an estimated 3,633 homeless people — live within a mile of downtown venues and face possible expulsion, the report said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Before the war, trade between Kuwait and Iran was robust, totalling roughly $300 million in 2024, according to Kuwaiti media citing the two countries' joint chamber of commerce.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
The Belgians had in action four divisions, totalling about sixty thousand men, opposed to which was a considerably heavier force of Germans.
From Fighting in Flanders by E. Alexander (Edward Alexander) Powell
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