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Turley told him about the town, in the foothills of the Andes, with its mission church and several dozen outlying villages, reached by dirt roads.
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Paul Elie, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026
Sunday afternoon, several dozen people gathered at Vitruvian Park in Addison.
—Briseida Holguin, CBS News, 4 Jan. 2026
Stephanie Lecocq / Reuters Eric Bonvin, the general director of the regional hospital in Sion that took in several dozen injured people, said those with severe burns face months of treatment.
—Alexander Smith, NBC news, 2 Jan. 2026
He was allocated just $11 million to lead a new agency charged with overseeing the nation’s 14 commodities and futures exchanges and several dozen tradable commodities including soybeans, pork bellies and gold coins.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2025
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Paul Elie, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026
Sunday afternoon, several dozen people gathered at Vitruvian Park in Addison.
—Briseida Holguin, CBS News, 4 Jan. 2026
Stephanie Lecocq / Reuters Eric Bonvin, the general director of the regional hospital in Sion that took in several dozen injured people, said those with severe burns face months of treatment.
—Alexander Smith, NBC news, 2 Jan. 2026
He was allocated just $11 million to lead a new agency charged with overseeing the nation’s 14 commodities and futures exchanges and several dozen tradable commodities including soybeans, pork bellies and gold coins.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2025
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“Several dozen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/several%20dozen. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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