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[treb-uhl] / ˈtrɛb əl /


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That season, the club also lifted the FA Cup and the Premier League trophy to become England’s first treble winners since Manchester United in 1999.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Wakefield Trinity produced a sensational upset to reach their first ever Super League Grand Final and end Wigan Warriors' hopes of a treble in 2026.

From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026

Mothers Matter said it had seen demand "double, if not treble" during the strike while Unite said its workers were fighting "to be paid at the appropriate level for their skills and experience".

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport is seeking treble damages, a court order barring the alleged anticompetitive practices and preliminary injunctive relief to prevent Amazon from terminating additional DSPs during the litigation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

How about Grizzly Bears Don’t Fly Airplanes for the lines of the bass clef, or Empty Garbage Before Dad Flips or Elephants Get Big Dirty Feet for the lines of the treble clef?

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

Yet none of those trebles came quicker than the 13 minutes and 54 seconds Omar Marmoush took to get his first City hat-trick in the 4-0 win over Newcastle.

From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2025

"He gave everything and put pressure on me constantly. He didn't stop hitting trebles and never gave up. My game is in a good place, but it doesn't mean anything yet."

From BBC ● Jan. 1, 2025

Defeat ended City’s bid to become the first English team to win back-to-back Champions League titles and its pursuit of successive trebles.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 17, 2024

Between 2016 and 2019, he delivered seven domestic trophies in a row, including an unbeaten debut domestic campaign and consecutive trebles.

From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2023

Ignatius lis-tened to the bloodcurdling little trebles and giggles and gloated in his dark lair.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

But between clubs in England it has trebled, from six to 18.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Since being knocked out on penalties, the Reds have won just 49.2% of their past 59 games, while their loss percentage has more than trebled.

From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2026

More positively, Ahmed assumes $200 million of costs will be removed by FY 2027 as WiseTech cuts a workforce that trebled in size over three years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026

Voluntary repayments under Plan 2 more than trebled between 2017 and 2025, rising from £141.7m to £491.1m.

From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2026

The production of coal and iron trebled during the period 1880-1900, amounting in 1900 to 6,600,000 tons, and 463,000 tons respectively.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various

Amsterdam, writes Mr. Mikhail, was “one of the most significant global metropolises” of the 17th century, its population trebling between 1585 and 1622.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026

Malawi has become an increasingly important market for Tanzanian goods in recent years, with exports trebling between 2018 and 2023, according to official Tanzanian figures.

From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2025

The Cabinet Office has grown the most of any department proportionally, approximately trebling in size since the EU referendum.

From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2025

But at the same time, they say they will accelerate the rollout of renewables - trebling offshore wind, for example - and will approve new small “modular” nuclear power stations.

From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2024

People swarming in, cities doubling and trebling in numbers of inhabitants, while the fiscal guardians groan over the increasing weight of improvements and the need to care for a large new spate of indigents.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck




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