double
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Kyle Tucker powered the Dodgers’ offense, finishing a double shy of the cycle while recording a season-high five RBIs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
Sabalenka held a commanding set and a double break lead against 25th seed Diana Shnaider before capitulating to a 3-6 7-5 6-0 defeat.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Again from Mother Jones: “Jackson is more than 80 percent Black and has a poverty rate that is more than double the national average.”
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
But Dreyer eventually got out of the inning with a double play started by Betts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
Akira called, bending double and trying to catch her breath.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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The latest round nearly doubles the company’s valuation from $26 billion in May when it raised over $1 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
In the men's doubles, Britain's Henry Patten and Finnish team-mate Harri Heliovaara, the top seeds, moved into the third round with a 7-5 6-2 win over Matteo Arnaldi of Italy and Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
The week before the singles draw is now marketed as a 'Fan Week', showcasing the revamped mixed doubles competition and exhibition matches between players past and present.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
The London Stock Exchange is planning to allow traders to buy and sell tokenized stocks in its 24-hour trading venue, as the bourse doubles down on its push into digital assets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
I teamed up with a white South African junior player from Cape Town in doubles; we won our first-round match and lost in three sets in the second.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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Poland’s economy has doubled in size since the country joined the European Union in 2004.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
According to the league, the number of fans in Australia has nearly doubled since 2022 to 8.8 million - almost one in three of the country's entire population.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
The number of people deported to El Salvador nearly doubled in the first three months of 2026.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
Custom-chip company Broadcom, for example, said Wednesday that it more than tripled its earnings and nearly doubled its revenue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
“Aren’t you supposed to ask us if we would rather have a million dollars now or a penny doubled every day for a month? That’s the riddle math teachers like to give.”
From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty
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Mayor Muriel Bowser said in June that the city’s RPS policy had added at least $20 per month to electricity bills, with that increase potentially doubling to $40 over the next three years.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
Davis was also instrumental in doubling the Oscars’ best picture category from five nominees to 10 in 2009, establishing the preferential ballot system that determines the academy’s top prize.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Still, Gervais remained undeterred, doubling and tripling down on his comedy and delivering a since-viral “I don’t care” monologue during his final hosting stint.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
Plus: Corporate America is axing the ‘micro-team’ boss; Volkswagen board approves doubling job cuts to 100,000.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
The narrow, stifling galleries turned endlessly; he could not be sure whether they were making real progress or whether the tunnel was merely doubling back on itself.
From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander
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