double
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A stat so amazing you have to go back to double check to make sure it really happened.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
The number of Shorts views over 90 days that new applicants will need to qualify for the YouTube Partner Program starting next February, double the current requirement of 10 million.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Around 300 firefighters were assigned to the incident Monday afternoon, a number that is expected to more than double this week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
The land razed by wildfires in Indonesia so far this year is double the area burnt in 2023.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
“She seems to be all right! She’s being airlifted to the same hospital you’re in, and I’ve requested that you be put in a double room together. I’ll get there as soon as I can.”
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
There’s still plenty to look forward to, including another go at the starry mixed doubles tournament, this one featuring the pairing of Djokovic and women’s No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Muirhead's gold medal-winning team-mate Vicky Drummond is also returning to the sport to rival her - and a third member of that rink, Jen Dodds - in the GB Curling mixed doubles programme.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
The Williams sisters are back on track for their doubles reunion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Fans have been anticipating their doubles reunion since Serena announced her return to competitive tennis in June.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
“My point is, not everybody doubles down on their violations....”
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
Angel City hasn’t been winning, but they doubled the staff and wasted no time setting up a sizable new performance center at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
The categories haven’t changed much over the years, but the average yearly cost of attendance has nearly doubled along with the advertised sticker prices.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
Since June, bond investors have doubled the incremental yield they demand to lend to Nvidia to about 0.40 percentage point over comparable Treasury bonds, according to pricing service Solve.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
Instead, they doubled down on the approach, focusing mainly on emerging domestic talent largely unproven beyond the Championship.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
He held on to his belly while he doubled over with laughter.
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
That impression was based largely on polls, which showed her roughly doubling Crowley’s support.
From Slate ● Aug. 12, 2026
Netflix completed its upfront negotiations with ad buyers, nearly doubling its commitments over last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Alphabet’s Google Cloud backlog has reached $240 billion, also more than doubling year over year, as existing customers are consuming cloud services more than 30% faster than their original commitments.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026
Thousands of people were forced to flee their homes as a fast-moving wildfire in a remote part of western Canada spread rapidly, doubling in size since it was first detected on Friday.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
His own investors, whose money he was doubling and more, said little.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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