'Ultimate surprise': How an Israeli raid freed 4 hostages and killed scores of Palestinians in Gaza
apnews.com
They arrived in the middle of the day, when the squat concrete buildings of the Nuseirat refugee camp are stifling and the narrow streets outside are filled with people.
    • Nurse_Robot@lemmy.worldEnglish
      144·
      5 months ago

      Maybe hundreds?

      Scores is such an 1800s word. It’s simply not used in today’s vernacular, and I’m not sure why you’re defending it.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
        51·
        5 months ago

        I wasn’t defending anything. I literally asked what would be better.

        Apparently asking what would be better was bad.