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
But it wasn't until about a fortnight ago that he went through some of the books in greater detail.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Even a fortnight ago, it was estimated that 1 in 30 Korean adults had experienced a margin call.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
While she would secure sanctuary, of sorts, by avoiding a return to the African nation, her experiences over the following months were a far cry from the "glamourous" fortnight she had spent at the Olympics.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Franklin saw the model later that fortnight, and she too was quickly convinced.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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
One fortnight was given to the diligent study of Algebra; two other little fortnights to Latin; and then his father came and took him home, sooner than he expected.
From Hills of the Shatemuc by Susan Warner
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