fifty

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Noun
  • The ongoing mayhem at airports is of particular concern in November as Thanksgiving approaches, with tens of millions of Americans expected to travel for the holiday.
    Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Mamdani’s campaign registered tens of thousands of new Democrats to support him in the primary and stop the Cuomo campaign.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • That Bezos up on stage bore a strong resemblance to the one who attended high school in Miami.
    Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
  • But the photo editor on duty in the AP’s Saigon bureau the day it was taken in 1972, Carl Robinson, now says Út was not the one who took the celebrated photo.
    Maria Fontoura, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • He is joined by six of his players — many more will join by half-time, arriving in ones and twos, shuffling over the teal concrete — and by assorted members of the Xavier clan, all wearing colourful training kit.
    Jack Lang, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Like the ones will go against the ones, ones will go against the twos, so everybody basically gets to see everybody on the roster at some point on the field.
    Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • At five-on-five, Hughes made huge strides as a needle-mover, setting up shots and scoring chances for his teammates at a high level.
    The Athletic NHL, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Kit Kats and Snickers round out the top five, taking fourth and fifth place respectively.
    Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The posts only displayed a few users’ comments despite hundreds of messages.
    Chris Lau, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
  • That one person is supposed to deliver a company’s entire Net Zero transition, wrangle data from hundreds of suppliers, meet evolving regulations, educate colleagues, and somehow keep everyone motivated.
    Gus Bartholomew, Sourcing Journal, 3 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Evangeline picks up an orange that one of Hank’s hillbillies drops, perhaps because in Alaska during winter that’s like finding a fiver.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Now a lot of Main Street is boarded up, even the fancy stores, although there’s no shortage of places to drop a fiver on a cup of coffee.
    Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Jan. 2022
Noun
  • Brown’s descendants, and their spouses, are responsible for pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into the community and spending countless hours serving on local nonprofit boards.
    Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Officials have argued the government shutdown hinders the Department of Agriculture's ability to distribute additional dollars.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2025
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