fortnight
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The pontiff said the remarks, delivered days after a high-profile spat with the US president, had been written a fortnight earlier – "well before the president ever commented on myself".
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
The incident comes less than a fortnight after a person died in the south-eastern Var region following a collision between a regional train and a truck.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
Her Easter sermon comes just shy of a fortnight after her installation as the first female Archbishop of Canterbury, during which she said her teenage self could "never have imagined the future that lay ahead".
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
With numerous players already dropping out of their country's international commitments over the next fortnight, does the break provide some much-needed relief or a break in momentum?
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
When nearly a fortnight had passed Frodo looked out of his window and saw that there had been a frost in the night, and the cobwebs were like white nets.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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