great many
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A great many Black people worked at the Goodyear tire plant in South Los Angeles in the 1960s and ‘70s, and at other nearby industrial companies. “You had double exposure,” Hutchinson said.
From Los Angeles Times
The contrasting opinions and a great many other perspectives will weigh heavily on MSPs as they edge towards the final vote on Tuesday.
From BBC
Tough medicine, as she described it, and “stabilization” — which is “kind of my theme” — won’t make a great many hearts go pit-a-pat.
From Los Angeles Times
Cleveland’s Plain Dealer reported, “We incline to believe them in good part the work of deception” and yet, “a great many of those involved … are thoroughly honest and sincere.”
From Literature
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A great many people, however, when they hear the rapping imagine at once that the spirits are touching them.
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