fortnight
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Within a fortnight of Kebatu's release, it emerged that two other men had been freed in error - both from the same prison, London's HMP Wandsworth.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
McIlroy will enjoy this victory, take the next fortnight off, then return to action before next month's US PGA Championship at Aronimink, near Philadelphia.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 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
A fortnight passed before Littlefinger was strong enough to leave Riverrun, but her lord father forbade her to visit him in the tower where he lay abed.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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