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double whammy

noun as in two unpleasant happenings together

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Who can forget in 2012 the double whammy of GOP Senate candidates comments about rape?

“The double whammy of those two set me on a course of thinking about issues I had never done before,” Sherwood told the Times.

For stores like Walmart, which sells groceries and other goods to the same customers, the food-stamp cut will be a double-whammy.

Why new cuts will be a double whammy for Bentonville—and anyone with a mutual fund.

This “double whammy” of predation and competition enables jellyfish to cripple a food chain by essentially nibbling at its ankles.

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On this page you'll find 12 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to double whammy, such as: evil eye, hex, jinx, malocchio, and whammy.

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