- plural of country.
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Saudi Arabia’s price cut also comes after the United Arab Emirates abruptly exited the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries at the end of April.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies on Sunday agreed to increase production next month by 188,000 barrels a day, in the fourth-straight production increase.
From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026
Earlier on Sunday, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies, known as OPEC+, approved an increase in July crude output.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 7, 2026
"These are the 'fun' projects I do while thinking about the World Economy, the United States, China, Russia, and lots of other Countries, places, and events," he added.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
The afternoon was all Wordsworth, Longfellow, and Coleridge—Turner figured Coleridge would do—and last of all, Mr. Darwin’s Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of H.M.S.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
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