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• So, keep that in mind the next time a player has an off day or boots a couple of balls.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2023
• But there are a couple of things that Congress could do.
  — Abc News, ABC News, 17 May 2023
• My eye area is much brighter within just a couple of weeks!
  — Lindy Segal, harpersbazaar.com, 16 May 2023
• At the time of the shooting, Brewster and Recchia had been dating for a couple of years.
  — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 15 Apr. 2023
• Then fill out around him with maybe a draft pick here and there, a waiver guy, a couple of castoffs, and, oh, some guy in net who can stop the puck.
  — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 3 June 2023
• There's been a couple of games where he's played three and four positions in a nine-inning game.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 14 May 2023
• Those looking for a shorter, two-hour float should head to Rainbow Springs for a tram that will take you a couple of miles upstream.
  — Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 May 2023
• King took a couple of strides toward the ball and sent a ferocious kick screaming into the lower left corner of the net.
  — Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2023
• Here are a couple of comeback stories to keep your hopes alive for deGrom in the 2024(?) season and beyond, even if the Rangers seem just fine without him.
  — Sean Collins, Dallas News, 7 June 2023
• Another idea is to have your spouse take his daughter somewhere special for a couple of days.
  — Meghan Leahy, Anchorage Daily News, 17 May 2023
• Inside Taft High’s historic gym in Woodland Hills, dozens of feet up in the air, a few outcropping beams no more than a couple of feet wide stretch across the ceiling.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2023
• For the most part, Fat Ham’s language doesn’t try to mimic Shakespeare’s — save a couple of moments when Juicy quotes original text.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Apr. 2023
• Lone Star senior goalkeeper Matt Trouy had to make a couple of saves in the opening half and finished with four saves as Connally had 11 shots for the game.
  — Greg Riddle, Dallas News, 14 Apr. 2023
• According to a leak from earlier this year, Motorola could release the new Razr as soon as June 1st, which is in just a couple of days.
  — Emma Roth, The Verge, 30 May 2023
• What’s more, even after a couple of hours of nearly constant use, the pump was not particularly hot–a good sign.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 25 Apr. 2023
• The rigor of the performance soon proved to be too much, however, as the acrobats stumbled and fell on a couple of strenuous stunts.
  — USA TODAY, 31 May 2023
• One of them is Dukhu Majhi, who lives in a picturesque village a couple of hundred miles from Durga Mahato’s.
  — Suhasini Raj, BostonGlobe.com, 13 May 2023
• Or one or more justices might be writing a separate opinion and asking for a couple of extra days.
  — Mark Sherman and Jessica Gresko, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Apr. 2023
• Quadrant is also building a five-story office building just a couple of blocks away.
  — Steve Brown, Dallas News, 10 May 2023
• Formed by four childhood friends in the late ’90s in Nottingham, England, the band recorded a couple of EPs but quickly and quietly disbanded, as most bands do.
  — Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 24 May 2023
• In the video, the snowboarder, wearing a green snowsuit and strapped to a bright red board, slips down a waterfall, colliding with the rocky ridge a couple of times before falling into a hole at its base.
  — Daniel Kool, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Apr. 2023
• Fans of the show will have also noted that among the Seattle residents who comprise most of the cast, a couple of Portlanders wound up making big impressions in the most recent season.
  — Kturnqui, oregonlive, 17 Apr. 2023
• That produced a couple of championships for the Miami franchise.
  — Dan Shaughnessy, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2023
• This generally happens a couple of months after placing young transplants in the garden.
  — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Apr. 2023
• That development came just a couple of months after Vice had secured $30 million in debt financing from Fortress to help pay off its outstanding bills.
  — Niharika Sharma, Quartz, 15 May 2023
• Multiplayer, competition-friendly titles such as fighting games, racing games, and NBA Jam are perfect for kicking back with a group of friends and a couple of beers.
  — Chloe Liebenthal, Chron, 10 May 2023
• Trump's lawyers arrived Monday for a meeting at the department, which legal experts say suggests a charging decision could come within a couple of weeks.
  — Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 5 June 2023
• Then, after winning the set, Djokovic took a couple of steps toward the sideline, before reacting by punching the air, spinning around, throwing an uppercut, holding his right fist aloft and roaring.
  — Chantz Martin, Fox News, 3 June 2023
• Elevated toilets generally cost less than $500 to install in a couple of hours.
  — Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 9 May 2023
• Gellar isn’t the only one sporting a blunt bob ahead of the summer season, as fellow actress January Jones also snipped a couple of inches from her previously shoulder-length hair.
  — Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 27 May 2023

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024