as in ton
a considerable amount
dozens of new songs were auditioned and rejected
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or dozen
as in hundreds
a considerable amount
dozens of new songs were auditioned and rejected
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Clara McMichael, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
The $111-billion deal is expected to reshape the entertainment industry by combining two historic film studios, dozens of prominent TV networks, including CBS, HBO, HGTV and Comedy Central, streaming services and two news organizations, CNN and CBS News.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
Oriana Van Praag, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2026
And in Windsor, Grava properties is replacing a 1960s-era strip plaza with about 120 apartments and roughly a half-dozen storefronts, all just a couple of blocks from that town’s station.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 27 Mar. 2026
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The close call occurred two days after a regional Air Canada jet collided into a Port Authority fire truck shortly after landing at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, killing two pilots and injuring dozens of people.
—Clara McMichael, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
The $111-billion deal is expected to reshape the entertainment industry by combining two historic film studios, dozens of prominent TV networks, including CBS, HBO, HGTV and Comedy Central, streaming services and two news organizations, CNN and CBS News.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
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The New Yorker reviewed more than a dozen unclassified documents about ICE-tracking apps, many of them created by fusion centers—intelligence hubs created after 9/11 to share information about criminal and terrorist threats.
—Oriana Van Praag, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2026
And in Windsor, Grava properties is replacing a 1960s-era strip plaza with about 120 apartments and roughly a half-dozen storefronts, all just a couple of blocks from that town’s station.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 27 Mar. 2026
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