How to Use the last/previous couple of in a Sentence

the last/previous couple of

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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
  • Yet he’s only seen one truck go through the area in the last couple of days.
    Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The one that’s been coming up the most in the last couple of weeks is on the inpatient side.
    Chantelle Lee, TIME, 27 Sep. 2024
  • He’s spent far too long for the last couple of years being sad.
    Amy Kaufman, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Will there be a theme to it, like the previous couple of tours?
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 19 July 2024
  • The race was tight and Huske was trailing until the last couple of mighty strokes.
    Rick Maese, Washington Post, 31 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
  • With [Nathan’s] new sobriety over the last couple of years, that was a big shift on the whole group.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 27 Sep. 2024
  • And so that's really been the target of a lot of these attacks in the last couple of years.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
  • But it's been rising steadily over the last couple of years.
    Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Over the last couple of years, Ngannou switched over to the sweet science: boxing.
    Patrick Snell, CNN, 18 Oct. 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
  • But its lukewarm support for Assad in the last couple of weeks failed to keep the rebels at bay.
    Carol E. Lee, NBC News, 9 Dec. 2024
  • 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
  • Has anyone reached out over the last couple of months suspecting you guys were on the show?
    Dana Rose Falcone, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024
  • 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
  • The story of the Menendez brothers has captured public attention in the last couple of months.
    Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 5 Jan. 2025

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