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couple

[kuhp-uhl] / ˈkʌp əl /




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Comintern bosses had no reason to fear that the couple would crack.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

The couple have lived in Los Feliz since 2012 and have bounced around to a few different spots in the neighborhood during that time.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

The couple have two children together, Ingrid and Prince Sverre Magnus.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

Knight-Swift and XPO “got a couple idiosyncratic levers that they’re pulling and that I don’t think others have,” he said.

From MarketWatch Aug. 28, 2026

We took a couple of turns, until Russell pointed ahead at the distant hills at the end of the long stretch of road.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

Former employees say the two couples have spent the years since Megxit monitoring one another, always making sure to counter any positive media coverage by planting their own.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

And while I could rant about the division of labor and parenting when it comes to different-sex couples, I actually don’t think gender has anything to do with your problem.

From MarketWatch Aug. 19, 2026

“Many couples aren’t aligned in their risk tolerance,” Passehl said.

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 2026

Those withdrawals were taxed as ordinary income at the top marginal rate, currently 37% on income over $751,600 for married couples.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

That bothered Mom, but they didn’t fight it out like couples do on TV.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali

“You have this incredible, hypersensitive performance by Pedro, coupled with a timeless arrangement which was definitely ahead of its time,” he explained.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2026

A weakening currency coupled with rising bond yields is often seen as a sign that investor confidence has been dented.

From MarketWatch Aug. 22, 2026

Massive investment in infrastructure, coupled with policy incentives to attract data centre builders, have earned Guizhou one of the highest debt burdens in the country.

From Barron's Aug. 19, 2026

The account history of these profiles, coupled with their posts and followers, indicated that most were being run from Morocco while a few were potentially based in Spain or Italy.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Here was an example of insane optimism coupled with the naive popular belief that a few hours of therapy can cure everything from chronic obesity to a lifetime of poverty.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

Until this series, the opening coupling had always seen the men choose first.

From BBC Jul. 25, 2026

The MIT design lowered that coupling to about 1 percent while still generating one clean and precise beam.

From Science Daily Jul. 22, 2026

That mutual struggle is something they can both understand, and it’s an integral part of why their coupling works.

From Salon Jul. 4, 2026

The idea would be to launch several rockets, one carrying crew or cargo, and the others carrying tanks of liquid oxygen and liquid methane that would be offloaded through coupling.

From Barron's Jun. 12, 2026

I was holding to the hand-rods and crouching low, my feet on the coupling.

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway




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