fortnight
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A decision on Ndukwe's next steps is expected within the next fortnight.
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
Some parts of the UK are now approaching a fortnight of heatwave conditions.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
"Instead, we are likely to see a conservative outlook from the Federal Reserve when it meets in a fortnight," she added.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
A fortnight after the invitation to the Souls Night ball had been delivered, Lady Isobel and her daughters left Ash at Quinn House while they went into the City.
From "Ash" by Malinda Lo
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
Bhishma said, 'The wheel of time revolves with its divisions, viz., with Kalas and Kasthas and Muhurtas and days and fortnights and months and constellations and planets and seasons and years.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Virata Parva by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan
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