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couldn't
[ kood-nt ]
- contraction of could not.
couldn't
/ ˈʊəԳ /
contraction of
- could not
Usage Note
Idioms and Phrases
- hurt a flea, couldn't
- can't
Example Sentences
The only batter he couldn’t fool was left-handed Kyle Stowers, who crushed a two-run homer in the fourth, a run-scoring double in the sixth and a single.
The Marlins scored four in the ninth against Gómez but it couldn’t take away from the optimism the Dodgers took with them on their flight to Atlanta.
“At first I couldn’t believe Joe sees that in me,” says Berger, “but then I realized I gotta trust this guy. He knows what he’s talking about.”
At least one student lost her job when her employer couldn’t reach her, a student journalist with the Daily Bruin said it made reporting for the newspaper difficult, and one student missed a shift at an internship.
If there is any lingering resentment toward Churchill Downs from Baffert, you couldn’t tell it from his comments.
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