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
The number of migrants who have arrived in the UK on small boats since Burnham became PM a fortnight ago surpassed 2,000 after 326 people crossed the English Channel on Saturday.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
Even a fortnight ago, it was estimated that 1 in 30 Korean adults had experienced a margin call.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
But their baby girl Belle arrived almost a fortnight early and the family decided Burns should head to Merseyside.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
In less than a fortnight, I'd killed it.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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
So she made up her mind to move on the very day after the girl's birthday, which fell in a fortnights time.
From The Hawk of Egypt by Joan Conquest
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