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Authorities said the value of the theft was in excess of $100,000.
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Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
Sustained winds were a hundred and eighty-five miles per hour, but a reconnaissance mission to the eyewall found gusts at sea level in excess of a hundred and ninety miles per hour, and much higher a few hundred feet up.
—Heidi Blake, New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2025
Let the masks sit for 10 minutes under the eyes, discarding after use and patting in excess serum.
—Jenny Berg, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2025
Some reports have Putin claiming that the missile can reach hypersonic speeds in excess of Mach 5, though this is highly unlikely.
—David Szondy
october 26, New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2025
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Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
Sustained winds were a hundred and eighty-five miles per hour, but a reconnaissance mission to the eyewall found gusts at sea level in excess of a hundred and ninety miles per hour, and much higher a few hundred feet up.
—Heidi Blake, New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2025
Let the masks sit for 10 minutes under the eyes, discarding after use and patting in excess serum.
—Jenny Berg, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2025
Some reports have Putin claiming that the missile can reach hypersonic speeds in excess of Mach 5, though this is highly unlikely.
—David Szondy
october 26, New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2025
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“In excess.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20excess. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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