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As the Suez Canal struggles to get ocean carriers to flock back to the trade artery, the Panama Canal is attracting them in droves.
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Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 5 June 2025
Lee has promised a fiscal stimulus package to boost growth from just 2% last year, though tackling chaos in schools—both empty classrooms and teachers quitting in droves—and reversing the world’s lowest fertility rate of just 0.75 births per woman won’t have easy fixes.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 4 June 2025
If a Kardashian had copped to a butt lift 10 years ago, some of us might have felt a little relief from the era’s massive-ass craze, but chances are plenty of people would have just gotten a butt lift and moved on (and people did that in droves without the confirmation regardless).
—Nicola Dall'asen, Allure, 4 June 2025
Businesses and taxpayers have left in droves, further reducing the city’s ability to keep up.
—Forrest Claypool, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2025
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Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 5 June 2025
Lee has promised a fiscal stimulus package to boost growth from just 2% last year, though tackling chaos in schools—both empty classrooms and teachers quitting in droves—and reversing the world’s lowest fertility rate of just 0.75 births per woman won’t have easy fixes.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 4 June 2025
If a Kardashian had copped to a butt lift 10 years ago, some of us might have felt a little relief from the era’s massive-ass craze, but chances are plenty of people would have just gotten a butt lift and moved on (and people did that in droves without the confirmation regardless).
—Nicola Dall'asen, Allure, 4 June 2025
Businesses and taxpayers have left in droves, further reducing the city’s ability to keep up.
—Forrest Claypool, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2025
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“In droves.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20droves. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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