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Max Jorgensen is casting his mind back a couple of years.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
Moving on from the Wake Forest friends, he intercepted a couple from Down Under.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
He left politics after that, and for a couple of years enjoyed one of those political plums, appointed by President Benjamin Harrison to be envoy and then minister plenipotentiary in Central America.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
Indeed, I spoke to a couple at this party who said they were voting for Rogers but declined to speak about it on the record.
From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2026
It took me a couple of seconds to clear my eyes and when I did, I saw the light.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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