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couple

[kuhp-uhl] / ˈkʌp əl /




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As supplies dwindled, the couple said they made an attempt to find food by crossing through minefields earlier this month.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

The couple who owned it marketed the plot as a potential glamping site, but they decided to sell it instead to the Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

Just a couple of miles into this leg, Bushby's handcart, which he uses to carry essential supplies, sustains a puncture.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

A California couple drove 3,900 miles from California to Boston to deliver seven baby giant-sequoia seedlings to family and friends.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

A couple of weeks after we settled in, Mrs. Kuen visited Ma to invite us to the Chinese Methodist Church.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

There were only a few couples we saw more than once.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

A spokesman in June described the episode to me as an ordinary argument that lots of people can relate to, but few married couples I know have had the cops check in on their quarrels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

But the share of couples with children in which both parents work full time is now 52 percent, up from 31 percent in 1975.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

China has been preparing for a growing proportion of elderly people in recent years, while urging younger generations to get married and for couples to have more children.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

No police sirens, no loud music, no couples arguing outside his window on the street.

From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds

Maradona died at age 60 from a cardiorespiratory crisis coupled with pulmonary edema.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

We believe that stronger geophysical and meteorological monitoring, coupled with new research and communication channels, is the first step.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

“We believe declining enrollment in computer-science programs, coupled with renewed demand for technical talent, could eventually create a shortage of qualified graduates and expand employment opportunities.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

Weak earnings coupled with a fine has analysts pressing executives about whether there is more pain to come.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

In reality, I am an ageless geek, with years of personal experience, a fiercely aggressive intelligence coupled with geek wit, and the education of the best online material in the world.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz

"This result, closely tied to the cavity's photonic properties, provides strong experimental evidence of the coupling between the superconducting state and dark-cavity modes," said Prof. Zeng.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026

People pay a premium for iPhones because they perceive value in the tight coupling of hardware, software and apps inside Apple’s ecosystem.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

The other is the Zeeman effect, which describes the coupling between the magnetic field and electron spin.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 5, 2026

“Asmodeus” is a bewildering incantation about the coupling of poetry and squalor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

Experiments show that the motility of bull sperm is decreased by dinitrophenol, which interferes with the energy- coupling mechanism with inevitable loss of energy.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson


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