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Metro Phoenix restaurants that closed in October Over half a dozen restaurants closed in Phoenix, Scottsdale and Chandler in October.
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Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 3 Nov. 2025
There, in a patch of sun, lay half a dozen African wild dogs, piled atop one another like puppies.
—AFAR Media, 30 Oct. 2025
As for Sundance’s main slate of world premiere films, the festival is still heads down screening some half a dozen movies a day ahead of lineup announcements later this fall.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Oct. 2025
Beginning in January 2021, Lorincz, who is White, made half a dozen calls to 911 complaining about the children in her neighborhood — sometimes, concerning Owens' four young kids, who are Black.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
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Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 3 Nov. 2025
There, in a patch of sun, lay half a dozen African wild dogs, piled atop one another like puppies.
—AFAR Media, 30 Oct. 2025
As for Sundance’s main slate of world premiere films, the festival is still heads down screening some half a dozen movies a day ahead of lineup announcements later this fall.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Oct. 2025
Beginning in January 2021, Lorincz, who is White, made half a dozen calls to 911 complaining about the children in her neighborhood — sometimes, concerning Owens' four young kids, who are Black.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
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“Half a dozen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/half%20a%20dozen. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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