the last/previous couple of

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: the past two
They've lost the last/previous couple of games.

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Forman said there had not been an appeal of a disciplinary matter in the last couple of decades. Gene Maddaus, Variety, 8 May 2025 Over the last couple of decades, infrastructure software has evolved to virtualize compute, storage and networking resources into virtual machines (VMs) that deliver better hardware utilization and higher resilience to hardware failures. Thomas Cornely, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025 Bobby McMann struggling over the last couple of months only adds to that. The Athletic Nhl, New York Times, 3 May 2025 Shedeur Sanders has been a heavily talked about name in sports media over the last couple of months. Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for the last/previous couple of

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