double
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Dart, who is ranked 131st in the world, struggled on serve against Bouzkova, committing eight double faults and landing only 45% of her first serves.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Alphabet, Meta and Tesla, meanwhile, are each down double digits from their all-time highs.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
One pitch later, Báez put the game out of reach with a two-run double.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Boots usually offers double points during your birthday month rather than a free product.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
She swooped over the wall, and they followed through an enormous double wooden door.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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Certainly it did in doubles, where they teamed up to win three Olympic gold medals and 14 major titles, including two at the U.S.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
The acquisition more than doubles ONEOK’s Midland Basin processing capacity to about 2.3 billion cubic feet a day, including plants that are currently being built.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
She estimates she'll sell at least 500 doubles this weekend.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
Williams was also a doubles quarter-finalist at last year's US Open, but the defeat by qualifier Emiliana Arango in Cincinnati this month was her 18th loss in 19 singles matches.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
All the throbbing in my head comes back, and the ache in my shoulder, and I feel like my body weight doubles.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
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Broadcom more than tripled its profit and nearly doubled its revenue in the third quarter, as the company said demand for its custom semiconductors should continue growing for the next two years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
At HPE, orders more than doubled, and CEO Antonio Neri attributed the increase to “accelerated customer investments in agentic AI and AI inferencing,” alongside private cloud adoption for AI.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 3, 2026
The total spend across all domestic transfers has more than doubled, too.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
The US Tennis Association doubled down this year on credentials awarded to content creators -- reportedly handing out almost 100 after making 54 available in 2025 to amplify the tournament's presence on social media.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
To her dismay, Father doubled over with laughter.
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
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U.S. oil major Chevron laid out plans to invest more than $7 billion in Venezuela over the next five years, doubling its production in the country’s oil fields following a push from the Trump administration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Even the most brazen birthday girl would have trouble doubling down on your paying for the whole meal.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
Djokovic proceeded to win four of the following five Grand Slams, doubling his tally of majors with 12 across the next six years.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Last year, California expanded its film and TV tax credit program, more than doubling the old $330-million cap to $750 million through June 30, 2030.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
With the housefly, however, more than doubling the population through releases could be highly objectionable, even though the increase would be only temporary.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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