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The Jack Berrys, the Bob Pauls, the Hunt brothers, the Lykes brothers, all of them with juniors or thirds or fourths.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

At meets, Mara racked up prize ribbons: lots of third-places, fourths, fifths, and sixths, the occasional second, the very rare first.

From Salon • Aug. 3, 2024

So many people came back for seconds, thirds and even fourths, executives said at the time, that it cut into profit margins.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2024

"The amount of people with neuropathy in this study, particularly undiagnosed neuropathy, was extraordinarily high with almost three fourths of the study population," Elafros said.

From Science Daily • May 8, 2024

Also gone are her backpack and our water carrier, a square of hide folded in fourths.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George