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Conducted between mid-February and early March, the poll anonymously surveyed 21 federal judges, 113 lawyers, 193 law professors, 652 political scientists and a nationally representative sample of 2,750 Americans.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026

When gas hit $5 nationally that year, it was the only time researchers at Inrix, a traffic data analytics company, ever clocked a decrease in Americans driving.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

To answer this question, we conducted a nationally representative poll of 1,000 U.S. adults who were recruited from an online panel maintained by YouGov, a survey research firm.

From Salon • May 20, 2026

The number of water voles nationally are in free fall, with more than 90 per cent of them lost since the 1970s, the Mammal Society said.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

Historically, in the United States, it ran around 3:1; by late 2004, it had risen nationally, to 4:1.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis