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[duhb-uhl] / ˈdʌb əl /






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Freeman started this campaign with a hat-trick in the same game as Wade's double and that took his career mark to 58, all at the age of 25.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Production workers in Los Angeles have felt a double whammy as other states and countries have offered generous tax subsidies that have pulled productions from L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

The fears stem from a Nikkei Asia report that Japan’s Toshiba plans to double its manufacturing capacity of HDDs for artificial-intelligence applications during its 2027 fiscal year, which runs through March.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

Western Digital and Seagate’s Japanese rival Toshiba plans to double its production capacity for drives used in AI data centers in fiscal 2027, Nikkei reports.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Outside this building a florid-faced officer formed us into a double column and marched us across a broad parade ground.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Eli Lilly doubles down on its pipeline with new data for weight-loss pill Foundayo and next-generation combo drug EloraTZP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

“Jon could outlift virtually all of our defensive backs, and a lot of our wide receivers,” said Florida strength coach Rusty Whitt, who doubles as Sumrall’s workout partner.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

It’s the same instant-gratification impulse: “I have some money, let me throw it at something and hope it doubles tomorrow.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

Mookie Betts hits three doubles and the Dodgers piled up 15 hits in a 10-4 win over the San Francisco Giants with Shohei Ohtani’s return on the horizon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

It feels good to say these words to someone who isn’t my guidance counselor, especially because my guidance counselor also doubles as the track coach, and hates me.

From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle

An undeterred Hilton doubled down on courting Latinos after that faux pas, visiting East L.A. multiple times and even serving tacos after a lowrider cruise.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Lewandowski opened the scoring from the penalty spot and doubled the lead early in the second half.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Average rents in Spain have almost doubled over the past decade, while asking prices for homes have risen by about 90 percent, according to real estate website Idealista.

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

During the same period, according to data from Dartmouth finance professor Kenneth French, energy stocks doubled your money — after inflation.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

As soon as she was out of eyeshot of her mother, she ducked behind the butcher’s store and doubled back, heading south behind the row of shops.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack

O'Neill handed a first start to 19-year-old Kieran Morrison, and his superb cross led to Isaac Price doubling the lead, before Brown's header evaded goalkeeper Dmytro Riznyk in bizarre circumstances with 30 minutes left.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

The city agreed to significantly raise sewer fees over four years starting in 2024, eventually doubling its rates, in order to fund additional repairs and sewer maintenance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Pandora was also hit by a more than doubling of the price of silver in 2025, in response to which it boosted its use of platinum-plated jewellery, including in Vietnam.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

You report that Sparks has appointed the company’s first head of local product-creation for China at the VP level, reporting to her, and that the local product-creation team is doubling in size.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

They kept growing like nothing anyone had seen, doubling their numbers every twenty-four hours, stacking hundreds on top of hundreds, accumulating by the millions.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot




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