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• Well, that is one of the things that has changed in the last couple of years.
  — 5 Things Podcast Transcript, USA TODAY, 21 July 2023
• Look at all the lies he's told over the last couple of weeks.
  — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 17 Sep. 2023
• The storm that’s been hitting the Earth the last couple of days has reached G5.
  — Wes Davis, The Verge, 12 May 2024
• That area has come on in leaps and bounds in the last couple of years.
  — Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 18 Mar. 2024
• Over the last couple of months, the race has been at a standstill.
  — Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner, 28 Aug. 2023
• Jones has not been the same player in the last couple of years, though.
  — Ryan Morik, Fox News, 17 Oct. 2023
• Just start out, what have our strikes achieved over the last couple of days?
  — ABC News, 4 Feb. 2024
• Sure, the Cowboys have won a lot of games over the last couple of years, and it’s been fun.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 26 July 2023
• And the switch has been happening for the last couple of years.
  — Kaitlyn Huamani, Peoplemag, 22 June 2023
• Will there be a theme to it, like the previous couple of tours?
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 19 July 2024
• And that is something that Ida’s taken me to task for a lot over the last couple of years.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 10 Sep. 2023
• But it’s been a fun story to tell at parties the last couple of nights.
  — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2023
• But it's been rising steadily over the last couple of years.
  — Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 29 Jan. 2024
• And that became a huge firestorm of criticism for Google over the last couple of weeks.
  — Michael Calore Lauren Goode, WIRED, 7 Mar. 2024
• Teachers over the last couple of years have gone on wildcat strikes.
  — Ashley Cullins, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Aug. 2023
• For me, The Masked Singer is really the glue that held me together for the last couple of months.
  — Joelle Goldstein, Peoplemag, 21 Dec. 2023
• Sorry for the sporadic posting the last couple of months.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2023
• The cause is the same as the last couple of delays: a leak of helium from the craft’s service module.
  — Melvin Backman, Quartz, 22 May 2024
• Michigan has made the playoff the last couple of years by beating Ohio State.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2023
• It’s only been in the last couple of years that the river has become a problem.
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2023
• Marvel has had a lot of high-profile failures over the last couple of years.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 9 Jan. 2024
• Through its proxies, Iran has attacked the United States more than 150 times in the last couple of months.
  — Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 27 Jan. 2024
• Across the country, Girl Scout troops have been seeing jumps in cookie prices over the last couple of years.
  — Julie Creswell, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2024
• Over the last couple of years, a mystery has been brewing in this small mountain town.
  — Dara Kerr, NPR, 28 Feb. 2024
• Happy to be back with you after Paul and Erik were your Strands captains for the last couple of weeks.
  — Kris Holt, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
• That's probably what's happened over the last couple of years, and that's why the music goes in this arc.
  — Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 5 Apr. 2024
• As inflation brewed over the last couple of years, even those who make a fair amount started to squirm.
  — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 12 June 2024
• All of this is to say that while the Edgar haircut is far from new, it’s been revitalized in the last couple of years.
  — Myriam Gurba, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2023
• Advertisement For a comic who once struggled to sell tickets for weeknight shows at big-city comedy clubs, the rush of fame over the last couple of years feels surreal.
  — Nate Jackson, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2024
• Workers have also endured the last couple of years under a historic cost of living crisis, driving further demand for a practice that can help trim some of the costs associated with traveling.
  — Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 14 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 1 Sep 2024