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How to pronounce could in English?

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Examples of could

could
It could be up to a two-month wait just to get him into one of those facilities.
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Johnson said the Canadian Pacific investigation could go on for weeks or months.
From the dailyherald.com
It could help reduce costly competition among area cities for jobs and tax base.
From the stltoday.com
That whole scene, though, could be scrambled by a Nebraska upset Saturday night.
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He said the country's fiscal problems could not be solved by higher taxes alone.
From the stltoday.com
The third judge said Sarvies knows who he is an artist and could go all the way.
From the stltoday.com
He was bleeding from several injuries and could not tell them what had happened.
From the thenewstribune.com
Moore could have used his Article 32 hearing to gather evidence for his defense.
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The final vote in the Senate could come midweek, and in the House by week's end.
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  • In the English language, a modal verb is an auxiliary verb that can be used to change the grammatical mood of a sentence. The key way to identify a modal verb is by its defectiveness (they have neither participles nor infinitives).
  • Simple past of can; Used to politely ask for permission to do something; Used to politely ask for someone else to do something; Used to show the possibility that something might happen; Used to suggest something