a couple

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A decline that sent the index to the brink of bear-market territory began a couple of weeks later.

From MarketWatch • May 17, 2026

"It has happened a couple of times in training - it happened perfectly today," Semenyo told BBC Sport.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

We’ll begin this week, though, with two entries of service journalism about a couple of suspect uses of taxpayer dollars that are in the pipeline.

From Slate • May 16, 2026

They got engaged a couple of days before Valentine’s Day in 2025.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

“But he broke it off. He divorced his wife anyway and married Blanche a couple of years ago.”

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu