double over

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In fact, after the multiple fell to around this level in early April 2025, the stock went on to double over the following 12 months.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026

Silver has seen its price more than double over the past year, with other precious metal prices also surging.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026

Many households, especially retirees, watched property-tax bills double over short reassessment cycles even though their cash incomes hadn’t changed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 25, 2026

The oldest baby boomers, those born in 1946, begin turning 85 in 2031, and the Census Bureau projects that nationally, the number of super seniors will double over the following two decades.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 9, 2026

In the kitchen he could see his formidable mistress bent double over the hearth.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes