a couple

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“While I’m fully on board with a couple of hikes, I have a beef with pricing exceeding just that: two tactical hikes,” he noted.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

"It is embarrassing to cancel it a couple of days before," he added.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

"We're hopeful to be launching in the next couple of months. We're ready to go. We're just waiting for a couple last approvals," Kaity Fischer, Wayve's vice president of commercial and operations, told AFP.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

The company announced plans to build a new line in 2019, but abandoned them a couple of years later.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

GRACE, 5:37 Would you want to do a couple short runs together again if p.m.:

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison