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2) People have come by the thousands to pay respects.

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5) Coffeehouses at that time were springing up by the thousands, and they were usually men-only establishments.

6) They attacked the enemy fort by the thousands.

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9) There by the thousands they stood weeping silently or moaning a wailing.

10) Black-browed albatrosses nest by the thousands in the remote Falkland Islands.

11) Around Thanksgiving, they start pouring in by the thousands each day as Christmas approaches. Even stampless letters get through, a rare exception for the US Postal Service.

12) Plant closures and job cuts by the thousands are now a monthly occurrence.

13) In ancient China, bandits often gathered by the thousands to rob villages.

14) Submachine guns mowed down students by the hundreds, perhaps by the thousands.

15) Application letters from all over the country were pouring by the thousands every week.

16) He tipped down in the direction of a herd of white-eared kob, streaming north by the thousands.

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