double
Example Sentences
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Brignone's participation in the Olympics was in doubt as recently as three weeks ago due to the double fracture of the tibia in her left leg from a crash in a race in April 2025.
From Barron's
Maybe it’s the way the planet ignores these sports for three years and 50 weeks before comically leaning in like we’re all Ph.D.s in lutzes and double cork 1080s.
About 7,000 oil-coated birds were picked up along the coast but "the amount killed would have been at least double that because a lot of them would have sunk offshore," he said.
From BBC
Edouard was then denied by the flag minutes later, before Said doubled Lens' advantage seven minutes before the break when he capped off a fine team move with a flashing finish into the top corner.
From Barron's
By comparison, trains between Paris and Marseille in France cover double that distance in the same time.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
