fortnight

Sir Chris said he had spent the last fortnight trying to reach a resolution between Garvaghy Road residents and the Portadown District Lodge, holding a series of negotiations at Hillsborough Castle.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

The Asian Games in Japan will close later Sunday after a fortnight of record-smashing displays from young stars, but marred by mix-ups, patchy crowds and accusations of mismanagement.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

Over the following fortnight, the unrest escalates dramatically.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

A below-par Zverev scraped through the opening rounds at Flushing Meadows in a series of early-morning finishes, but he gradually improved over a fortnight where he did not play a top-20 opponent until Shelton.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

It just seemed too good to be true that he was going to be rescued from the Dursleys after a mere fortnight of their company.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

Shefte: Indeed, the first two fortnights are dark and full of terrors.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 27, 2023

If during this fortnight of fortnights, you pass at midday through Wimbledon Park, cloaked behind trees across Church Road from the All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club, you might sense only mild rowdiness.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 9, 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

And, after all, what does it matter if for one fortnight out of all the fortnights there are in a year you are not so clean as usual?

From The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen by Elizabeth von Arnim