back-to-back

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Wholesale prices in May posted the biggest back-to-back increase since 2022, keeping the pressure on businesses as they try to navigate another wave of U.S. inflation.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

The focus is on how far the ECB opens the door to further action and whether a back-to-back rate hike will follow in July, Guntermann says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Aside from reaching back-to-back tournaments in 1994 and 1998, Norway have endured long spells absent from major competition, last featuring at a major tournament at Euro 2000.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

Xi's upcoming visit to Pyongyang would be his first in seven years, and comes after he hosted back-to-back summits with US President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin last month.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

He told her that he didn’t have enough police officers to cover two parades, back-to-back, and that the president’s event took precedence.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling