How to Use half a dozen in a Sentence

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  • The Herald reached out to more than half a dozen Fisher Island residents and several board members about the fuel tanks and lawsuits.
    — Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 1 July 2026
  • In January, the FBI flagged the group and sent some of the evidence, including over half a dozen videos, to local law enforcement, prosecutors said.
    — Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 30 June 2026
  • Whether Mars can keep the track in the penthouse for more than half a dozen additional stints to tie, and then possibly beat, SZA is certainly a tall order – but not impossible.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • While White Pony only lives on the Top Hard Rock Albums chart, Around the Fur takes up space on half a dozen rankings published by Billboard.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Jeanine Santucci Heat reaching into the triple digits, with humidity making the temperatures feel as high as 115 degrees in some places, has forced event organizers to cancel or delay events in at least half a dozen states.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • Now known as Sail4th 250, the parade of ships is a successor to Operation Sail, the international flotilla of schooners and barques and windjammers brought into New York Harbor half a dozen times starting in 1964.
    — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 30 June 2026

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