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couple

[kuhp-uhl] / ˈkʌp əl /




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This year, the couple visited Denmark, the Czech Republic and Germany again.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

They made it a game in the fourth with a 16-5 run but were too far back and it took just a couple of Valkyries shots to put the game out of reach.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

Finally, the Daily Star says that "Texans love Wrexham" – interviewing an American couple who have moved to Wales after US actor Ryan Reynolds bought the Welsh football club.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

From there, the couple relocated to the Highland Gardens, a hotel in Raman’s district converted into homeless housing.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 9, 2026

We’d seen a couple in town, a curved-dash Oldsmobile, for one.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

If both spouses are enrolled in Medicare Part B, they each pay $202.90 a month in 2026, while couples with high incomes can pay more.

From MarketWatch Aug. 4, 2026

Samantha Bottomley is a wedding planner in France and says Europe has previously been a popular wedding destination for UK couples looking for guaranteed sunshine - but this summer has changed things.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

Cole tells the story of the Freedom to Marry campaign that I led and our success in winning marriage for same-sex couples as an example of “the power of citizen activists to make constitutional law.”

From Slate Aug. 3, 2026

There’s also plenty of conflict within the couples, and with other forces.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

We had some great friends who were couples, their children friends with our children, families we liked to vacation with.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Meta Platforms’ stock is under pressure Thursday as investors balk at the company’s massive spending on artificial intelligence — coupled with uncertainty about what investments will look like next year.

From MarketWatch Jul. 30, 2026

As it changes shape, it passes through what scientists call a conical intersection: a short-lived but crucial crossing point where movements of electrons and the atoms' cores become strongly coupled.

From Science Daily Jul. 30, 2026

This, coupled with toll increases on the Ambassador Bridge, has pushed more trucks to cross into Michigan at the Blue Water Bridge, some 100 miles away.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

On this year's show, Lorenzo Alessi was reluctant to make Julia Majchrzak a morning coffee, something many contestants see as an act of care for the person they're coupled up with.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

Yet tool-making is of little consequence unless it is coupled with the ability to cooperate with many others.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

Until this series, the opening coupling had always seen the men choose first.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

That mutual struggle is something they can both understand, and it’s an integral part of why their coupling works.

From Salon Jul. 4, 2026

Their coupling instantly captured the attention and hearts of fans around the world, and Swift’s presence at Chiefs games was even credited with bolstering female interest in NFL football.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 3, 2026

The idea would be to launch several rockets, one carrying crew or cargo, and the others carrying tanks of liquid oxygen and liquid methane that would be offloaded through coupling.

From Barron's Jun. 12, 2026

I was holding to the hand-rods and crouching low, my feet on the coupling.

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway




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