a couple
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By midseason, when a couple transfer students become eligible, this will be a dangerous team.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Residents had been told it could be a couple of days before their water supplies were restored, with some having experienced days of disruption.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
“One leaves, and then another one, you hear a couple weeks later, and you go, ‘Whoa, I can’t believe so-and-so is heading over to Etched,’” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
My partner and I made the mistake of playing with young people, a couple of kids in their early 20s who play fairly regularly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
Unfortunately, Picnic’s mom lost that job a couple of years ago; in the last economic dip, the offices—several gray, joyless buildings filled with cubicles and meeting rooms—laid off half their cleaning staff.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
