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In the southeastern city of Lyon, police fired tear gas to disperse several hundred people in the city centre blocking a road during an unauthorised gathering.
From Barron's ● Nov. 7, 2026
Typically, to commit to a school, a student pays a nonrefundable deposit of a few hundred dollars, later credited toward tuition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
A relative of mine whose parents bought their council home in Croydon told me it was the only time "anyone would ever give you a hundred grand for free".
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
“One hundred percent. It makes him a champion.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
The Philippines was a Spanish colony for more than three hundred years.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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In all, hundreds of thousands of conservative Californians have relocated to Texas since the 2020 pandemic emergency, studies suggest.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026
Pope Leo XIV vowed not to let illness or old age affect his zeal Tuesday, after rallying hundreds of thousands of Argentines in Cordoba and urging them to "go forth and be saints!"
From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2026
Big banks such as JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs and others paid hundreds of millions of dollars to settle SEC investigations over their traders’ use of messaging applications that broke record-keeping rules.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
A medium or large site might have hundreds of them.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026
“For some iconic species such as the giant panda, conservation successes can also help hundreds of lesser-known species that live alongside them,” says Axel Moehrenschlager of IUCN.
From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh
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