doubling
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Now, as Mejuri adapts to the new market, its contingency planning for the coming years includes a scenario that was previously unthinkable: gold nearly doubling again—to $8,000 a troy ounce.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
O'Neill handed a first start to 19-year-old Kieran Morrison, and his superb cross led to Isaac Price doubling the lead, before Brown's header evaded goalkeeper Dmytro Riznyk in bizarre circumstances with 30 minutes left.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
The city agreed to significantly raise sewer fees over four years starting in 2024, eventually doubling its rates, in order to fund additional repairs and sewer maintenance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Pandora was also hit by a more than doubling of the price of silver in 2025, in response to which it boosted its use of platinum-plated jewellery, including in Vietnam.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
The United States purchases the Louisiana Territory from France, doubling the size of the country and opening up vast new lands that will fuel the debate over the future of slavery in America.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
