in double time
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Cooks in tie-dyed aprons and sky-blue baseball caps move in double time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
Langston syncopates his verbal abstractions in double time and then triple time, delivering conundrums like: “Creative manners to skip and erase from moment to moment/abstract, realist, most problematic version of futurism.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2022
Without hesitation, he recalled “Misirlou” from his childhood — his father was Lebanese — and proceeded to bring down the house by performing the song in double time, entirely on the low E string.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 18, 2019
Ten episodes have been produced and will be shown in double time slots over a five-week period.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 31, 2015
My heart thudded, stuttered, and then picked up again in double time.
From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer
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