hundred

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A few basins for handwashing have been set up near the blue-painted buildings of the hospital, where around a hundred suspected Ebola patients are already being cared for, according to an official.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

One hundred firefighter personnel were assigned to the Bain fire.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

Six hundred years ago, on a muddy field near Agincourt in northern France, King Henry V’s outnumbered, half-starved English army faced the flower of French chivalry.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

She started mass-applying almost immediately to several hundred new positions, but her efforts yielded little results.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

“This wheel is a hundred years old. It always seems funny to watch TV or listen to a podcast while working on an antique.”

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows