fortnight
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The next fortnight feels like it will be Jannik Sinner versus the rest.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
Now just over a fortnight later, having lost 2-1 on aggregate to Southampton in the semi-finals before being reinstated, they find themselves one game away from a Premier League return after nine years away.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
The two strikes came less than a fortnight after a large-scale, coordinated offensive by jihadists and separatists on junta positions, which plunged the west African country into a fresh security crisis.
From Barron's • May 7, 2026
When the war began a fortnight later, however, and hedge funds rushed to not just deleverage their books but to de-gross them, gold slumped.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026
He might shave but once a fortnight, but a shaggy beard does not make a man.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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