Sentence examples for worst fortnight from inspiring English sources

The resignation of Peter Mandelson undoubtedly gave him his worst fortnight since becoming prime minister.

Tonight's game was therefore a defining moment in the club's season and possibly the career of their manager, who has endured one of the worst fortnights of his near 15-year reign.

China is struggling to clean up what has being described as the country's worst oil spill, a fortnight after a fire at an oil depot caused crude to leak into the sea for several days.

Just as Fury was Wladimir Klitschko's worst nightmare when they fought a fortnight ago.

They had laid in CS gas and imported a couple of water cannon from Belgium for this year's marching season, which only a fortnight ago threatened to be the worst ever.

This comes as a surprise after the complaints figures from the Financial Conduct Authority, published a fortnight ago, appeared to show that the worst was over for PPI payouts.

A fortnight earlier at Srebrenica in Bosnia, the Serbs had committed the worst massacre of the Yugoslav wars, murdering almost 8,000 Muslim males.

TMG's move to a 10-day fortnight will affect around 65 journalists, mostly in production, with the worst affected receiving a one-off payment of £2,000 from the firm.

After enduring the worst start in Premier League history it was a trip to Bournemouth a fortnight ago that brought Sunderland their first league victory and a player overlooked by Sam Allardyce is displaying persistent promise.

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, managing director of the World Bank, is urging G20 leaders to use the London summit in less than a fortnight's time to help protect the developing world against the worst effects of the financial crisis.

Cambridge arrived at Putney a fortnight beforehand and made several practice rows in variable conditions, the worst of which included heavy snow, three days prior to the race.