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While overall, links courses represent a very small percentage of all golf courses, at best maybe two percent, there’s another half dozen links in the World’s Best second ten, for 15 of the Top 20 spots, including Royal Birkdale, just outside Liverpool.
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Larry Olmsted, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
That neighbor had sheltered more than a half dozen friends (and several dogs) in the early morning hours.
—Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 15 July 2025
Liman, who was appointed to the bench by Donald Trump in 2019, has handled a half dozen of the lawsuits over the tolling program and has therefore become quite the expert.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 8 July 2025
At least eight of the projects touted by the White House had sought or secured critical local incentive packages before Trump took office while at least a half dozen other projects had already been announced by local officials or the companies themselves, Reuters found.
—Jarrett Renshaw, USA Today, 8 July 2025
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Larry Olmsted, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
That neighbor had sheltered more than a half dozen friends (and several dogs) in the early morning hours.
—Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 15 July 2025
Liman, who was appointed to the bench by Donald Trump in 2019, has handled a half dozen of the lawsuits over the tolling program and has therefore become quite the expert.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 8 July 2025
At least eight of the projects touted by the White House had sought or secured critical local incentive packages before Trump took office while at least a half dozen other projects had already been announced by local officials or the companies themselves, Reuters found.
—Jarrett Renshaw, USA Today, 8 July 2025
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“Half dozen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/half%20dozen. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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