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Recent Examples of five
Kit Kats and Snickers round out the top five, taking fourth and fifth place respectively.
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Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Sep. 2025
All five also contested last year's leadership election won by Ishiba.
—Satoshi Sugiyama, Reuters, 15 Sep. 2025
Jackson’s contract is roughly market value for backup centers, perhaps even on the lower end for one of the better reserve fives in the league.
—Tony East, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2025
Randle has started playing five-on-five, meaning his return from an injury that has kept him out for nine games is imminent.
—Jon Krawczynski, The Athletic, 22 Feb. 2025
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The school’s founders are accused of siphoning tens of millions of dollars into a private company between 2017 and 2021.—
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The strikes have left tens of thousands of people across the country without power or heating amid freezing winter temperatures.—
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He is joined by six of his players — many more will join by half-time, arriving in ones and twos, shuffling over the teal concrete — and by assorted members of the Xavier clan, all wearing colourful training kit.—
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Like the ones will go against the ones, ones will go against the twos, so everybody basically gets to see everybody on the roster at some point on the field.—
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It’s offered in several soft tones, like mauve and camel, as well as plenty of neutrals, leading one five-star reviewer to purchase three different ones.—
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No one gets forgotten or left behind.—
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Beyond the gate are hundreds of white crosses, marking the graves of Parchman’s long-dead prisoners.—
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Jobs and community investment Microsoft said new data centers create thousands of construction jobs and hundreds of long term operational roles.—
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“Five.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/five. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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