fortnight
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McIlroy will enjoy this victory, take the next fortnight off, then return to action before next month's US PGA Championship at Aronimink, near Philadelphia.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
Her Easter sermon comes just shy of a fortnight after her installation as the first female Archbishop of Canterbury, during which she said her teenage self could "never have imagined the future that lay ahead".
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
Those 62 hours between Galatasaray and Brighton are gone and it is now about the next fortnight, where most of the Liverpool players will be on international duty.
From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026
For a typical mortgage, that means a five-year fixed deal is now £651 more expensive than a fortnight ago, Moneyfacts said.
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026
“He was four-and-twenty the 8th of last June, and my birthday is the 23rd just a fortnight and a day’s difference—which is very odd.”
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
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