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At the Collina Strada show, where founder and creative director Hillary Taymour often presents a playful but politically salient concept, models came out in twos.
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Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 17 Sep. 2025
Protesters soon started slipping off in twos and threes, heading to the site of the actual protest, part of a weeklong series of actions planned around the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Sandy in late October.
—Time, 17 Nov. 2022
There were young people, too, in twos and threes, and when Joanie watched them something that had died in her face back at the station came alive again.
—Lauren Groff, The New Yorker, 27 June 2022
The aircraft flew in twos and threes, circling for strike runs on the airport and the base.
—James Marson, WSJ, 3 Mar. 2022
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Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 17 Sep. 2025
Protesters soon started slipping off in twos and threes, heading to the site of the actual protest, part of a weeklong series of actions planned around the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Sandy in late October.
—Time, 17 Nov. 2022
There were young people, too, in twos and threes, and when Joanie watched them something that had died in her face back at the station came alive again.
—Lauren Groff, The New Yorker, 27 June 2022
The aircraft flew in twos and threes, circling for strike runs on the airport and the base.
—James Marson, WSJ, 3 Mar. 2022
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“In twos.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20twos. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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