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Recent Examples of twenty-two
One hundred and twenty-two hours since his mother left him at triage.
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Ashley Andreou,
STAT,
22 June 2026
More than twenty-two thousand people were declared dead or missing in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami, according to government figures.
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Literary Hub,
17 June 2026
Keisha Veneta, mom of six children ages nine to twenty-two and founder of a wellness company from Douglasville, Georgia, credits breastfeeding all six of her children as one of the top reasons why her children rarely get sick.
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Yolande Clark-Jackson,
Parents,
23 May 2026
In solidarity with the resignation of the entire 2026 Venice Biennale voting jury, fifty-four individual artists and twenty-two teams affiliated with national pavilions have now withdrawn from consideration for the Visitors’ Lion awards.
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News Desk,
Artforum,
11 May 2026
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Ashley Andreou,
STAT,
22 June 2026
More than twenty-two thousand people were declared dead or missing in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami, according to government figures.
—
Literary Hub,
17 June 2026
Keisha Veneta, mom of six children ages nine to twenty-two and founder of a wellness company from Douglasville, Georgia, credits breastfeeding all six of her children as one of the top reasons why her children rarely get sick.
—
Yolande Clark-Jackson,
Parents,
23 May 2026
In solidarity with the resignation of the entire 2026 Venice Biennale voting jury, fifty-four individual artists and twenty-two teams affiliated with national pavilions have now withdrawn from consideration for the Visitors’ Lion awards.
—
News Desk,
Artforum,
11 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for twenty-two
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The first battle is a bloodbath, with the men picked off by musket fire almost at random.
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The new United States needed muskets, cannons, ammunition, uniforms, cloth, food and credit.
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The autopsy determined that Wiley's cause of death was a shotgun wound to the torso, according to Crump.
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In a photo from a court document, a 12-gauge shotgun is shown inside a Rocky Ford residence inhabited by Mario Rocha.
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Smoke billowed from his flintlock and Rhoades didn’t see where the buck ran after the shot.
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Modern gun technologies are far, far more deadly than the one-shot flintlocks of the 18th century—shouldn’t that matter?
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Trump would also stop treating the Europeans as enemies with his blunderbuss tariffs.
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Cost cutting ‘blunderbuss’ DOGE is part of a long line of presidential efforts to take an ax to the administrative state.
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Both tanks mount 120-125 mm smoothbore cannons capable of engaging armored vehicles at long range.
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At least three states — Hawaii, Ohio and North Dakota — treat a smoothbore musket the same as an AK-47 or AR-15.
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The birth of ‘gunpowder warfare’ can be traced back to the 15th century and the invention of the matchlock gun, the first mechanical firing device.
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To put that in perspective, when Beretta started making arquebus barrels, Michelangelo was still working in Rome.
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Up on the Stüdlgrat, the wind rose to some forty-five miles an hour, and with the wind chill the temperature felt well below zero.
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About the Author Rick Ford has more than forty-five years of experience in automotive management.
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