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Medford was one of about a half dozen speakers who told the Fort Worth City Council Tuesday night about how the issue of literacy affected them, their families and the city as a whole.
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Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Sep. 2025
After unthreading some lug nuts from attachments secured to the port and starboard sides of the vessel, the crew deploys two metal arms that jut out a half dozen feet from the aft.
—Wesley Bruer, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
In an apartment of that size, a half dozen of the tightest micro-apartments in Seattle could be squeezed in with space to spare.
—Jeffrey Steele, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
By 2003, the Southern Nevada Water Authority, a not-for-profit water provider with a half dozen water collaborative agencies in southern Nevada, responded with several water conservation efforts, which included starting the water patrol.
—Yvette Fernandez, NPR, 28 Aug. 2025
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Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Sep. 2025
After unthreading some lug nuts from attachments secured to the port and starboard sides of the vessel, the crew deploys two metal arms that jut out a half dozen feet from the aft.
—Wesley Bruer, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
In an apartment of that size, a half dozen of the tightest micro-apartments in Seattle could be squeezed in with space to spare.
—Jeffrey Steele, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
By 2003, the Southern Nevada Water Authority, a not-for-profit water provider with a half dozen water collaborative agencies in southern Nevada, responded with several water conservation efforts, which included starting the water patrol.
—Yvette Fernandez, NPR, 28 Aug. 2025
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“Half dozen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/half%20dozen. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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