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Foster pressed a button, and half a dozen blinds started descending, to cover the windows facing the water.
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Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
Bend Studio, based in Oregon, still has more than half a dozen job listings on its website.
—Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 17 Jan. 2025
In desperation, Smith took out the Zaida’s automatic rifle and fired half a dozen tracer bullets over the other ship’s bow.
—David Wolman, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
Everyone on his crew of about half a dozen was also born south of the border.
—Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
Bend Studio, based in Oregon, still has more than half a dozen job listings on its website.
—Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 17 Jan. 2025
In desperation, Smith took out the Zaida’s automatic rifle and fired half a dozen tracer bullets over the other ship’s bow.
—David Wolman, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
Everyone on his crew of about half a dozen was also born south of the border.
—Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Half a dozen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/half%20a%20dozen. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.
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