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Styles, who had originally booked six nights at Wembley, responded by doubling the length of his residency.

From BBC

“I knew we wanted a neutral couch,” Van Hulsen says of the sofa that was originally on hold when they first saw it.

From Los Angeles Times

The Financial Times reported that, owing to high interest, it had doubled the amount it had originally earmarked.

From MarketWatch

The open-ended sentences were originally issued to people considered dangerous, but whose offence did not merit a life sentence.

From BBC

Meanwhile, bondholders of two yuan bonds voted in favor of a revised extension plan for payments originally due last December, according to a separate filing.

From The Wall Street Journal