double
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Gross federal debt recently hit $40 trillion, around double its level from a decade ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Over the past year, mall values jumped 13%—more than double the overall commercial market’s gains.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
However, nerves did show when Rybakina threw in two double faults as she served for the title.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Closer Tanner Scott finished the inning, but after allowing an infield single and a bunt for a base hit in the ninth, he surrendered a game-tying double to Javier Sanoja.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
At three that afternoon Cato and I stepped through the tall double doors of the police station.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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The companies said Monday that the updated filing doubles proposed residential bill credits to four years while shielding retail customers from grid costs tied to Northern Virginia’s rapidly expanding artificial intelligence data centers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
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
"It was unbelievable how competitive that was," said former American player-turned-commentator Chanda Rubin, who lost to the Williams sisters in the 1999 US Open doubles final.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Surely Mom knew that Natalie could just impersonate the Natalie Mayhew of this world; surely she knew that those two would look like exact doubles.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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Warsh has advocated in the past for lower interest rates due to expected productivity gains from AI technology, but in recent weeks he has doubled down on the Fed's mandate to bring inflation down.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
Poland’s economy has doubled in size since the country joined the European Union in 2004.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
On Monday, the government doubled some gasoline prices to the equivalent of $0.04 a liter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
The space doubled as a studio, and there he began his “Rain Paintings,” which would make him an overnight art sensation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
He found an old sailor who had doubled the Cape, and been to India and through Sunda Strait to Manila.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
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Now the city is to star in cinemas once again - but the difference is that it won't be doubling for another location.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Less than a year later, Pride was standing at second base in Montreal’s Olympic Stadium, doffing his batting helmet to a long-standing ovation he couldn’t hear after doubling in his second big-league at-bat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
And for those who think AI, which Insilico uses to develop drugs, will soon lead to a doubling of lifespans?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
See more: Micron is doubling down on AI memory chips.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
Although he was certain no humans had followed him, he took off east, snaking a loose loop for half an hour before doubling back to drop down to the river.
From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker
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