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couple

[kuhp-uhl] / ˈkʌp əl /




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The couple, who are from East Sussex, have been detained for more than 20 months after being arrested while passing through the country on a motorcycle journey.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

I thought of Tom Cruise a couple of times.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

If I said yes, I would have been worth a couple million dollars by today’s numbers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

It’s like running things through a couple of times, trying to look them up on different websites and trying to schedule legal appointments with them.

From Slate ● Sep. 24, 2026

“We’ve met at the pool a couple more times, but that’s about it.”

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

Reading about these party breakups feels like eavesdropping on a couple’s favorite argument or wandering into their penultimate couples therapy session.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

Beth Pinsker dug into three factors that couples must consider when planning for retirement if they have an age gap.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

Your concerns about the relationship, including your crush, can be explored in couples therapy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

Pink also pointed out that in 2014, Macklemore performed his same-sex anthem Same Love at the Grammys, while a mass wedding ceremony saw 33 LGBTQ+ couples get married on stage.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

I get giddy couples asking for champagne delivery, and apologetic businessmen telephoning home to announce their delayed arrivals, and tired mothers searching for all-night chemists to provide cough syrup for sick children.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

Instead of mechanical vibrations, the time crystals become coupled through the movement of spin-polarized electrons.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

“A still-affordable monthly premium coupled with a total savings is a winning combination.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

Dr Greg Brown, astronomer at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, said the entries from the 18th year of the competition demonstrated "skill and innovation" coupled with improvements in technology.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

Understandably, those statements, coupled with recent rogue AI hacks, have sparked great concern.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

Indeed, if you coupled the genesis of spontaneous mutants—the giant-leaved Oenothera, say—with natural selection, then Darwin’s relentless engine was automatically set in motion.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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

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

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026

To overcome this tradeoff, the MIT researchers developed antennas with reduced crosstalk that can be positioned close together without strongly coupling.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 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

He has me sit down and uses an Allen wrench to loosen the top coupling.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen




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