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In a post, it said that of the thousands of H-1B visa applications it submitted in the last fiscal year, 80% were to extend or change the status of existing Microsoft employees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
Some travelers have reported offers worth thousands of dollars in recent years after carriers including United Airlines and Delta Air Lines boosted maximum payouts in the wake of the 2017 passenger-dragging incident.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Compared with other illnesses, the plague isn’t much of a problem these days: Each year the regular old flu kills many thousands of people in the United States alone.
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026
The ceasefire saw thousands of Palestinians held by Israel released in return for the remaining hostages held in Gaza.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
It was thousands of acres that a fire had swept through.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
