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Couple
Couple verb - To come together to form a single unit.
Both words in one sentence
- The second series of Horatio Hornblower is based on Lieutenant Hornblower, and the things that apply to the literary Captain Sawyer also apply to the onscreen version, with a couple of additions.
Source: The Paranoiac -
And the one couple that did plan a pregnancy—Doug and Carol—still had this trope apply.
Source: Law of Inverse Fertility -
The only main couple this doesn't apply to is Keller and Galen, as they're both shapeshifters.
Source: Literature / Night World
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