fortnight
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Fast forward a fortnight amid some very rapid and painful deleveraging, and the index now stands at 6813 after a stealth rally of 21%.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
Such a meeting can be called, and must take place within a fortnight, if 19 of the 37 members call for it.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Even a fortnight ago, it was estimated that 1 in 30 Korean adults had experienced a margin call.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
It is understood that Howe communicated his intention to leave to the Newcastle hierarchy around a fortnight ago.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
I sat in on Dr. Bright's service and heard the very sermon I had transcribed at Dewsbury a fortnight before.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
Shefte: Indeed, the first two fortnights are dark and full of terrors.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2023
WIMBLEDON, England — For all the days and fortnights and years of the early 2010s, the horizon didn’t seem to hold in store the kind of impressionist painting of the Thursday that Venus Williams just had.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 13, 2017
I’ll get used to it, probably in the next few fortnights or so.
From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2016
“Eleven-day fortnights, 16-hour days, pages and pages of dialogue.”
From The Guardian ● Apr. 23, 2016
There were others who came to the hotel for short fortnights, impecunious young business men or lawyers who were looking about for suitable assistance in life.
From The Man Who Wins by Robert Herrick
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