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treble

[treb-uhl] / ˈtrɛb əl /


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New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport is seeking treble damages, a court order barring the alleged anticompetitive practices and preliminary injunctive relief to prevent Amazon from terminating additional DSPs during the litigation.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport seeks treble damages and a court order to bar the alleged anticompetitive practices.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

An emphatic 6-0 win over nine-man Qatar put them in a great position to qualify from the group, with Jonathan David's treble sparking joyous celebrations in Vancouver.

From BBC Jun. 24, 2026

The forward's treble took him level with Germany's Miroslav Klose as the World Cup's all-time top scorer on 16 goals - though Mbappe is just two behind.

From BBC Jun. 22, 2026

Create huge lines of treble staff on the floor using masking tape.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

If trebles are for show and doubles for dough, he has both bases covered.

From BBC Jan. 4, 2025

Defeat ended City’s bid to become the first English team to win back-to-back Champions League titles and its pursuit of successive trebles.

From Seattle Times Apr. 17, 2024

Now, there were two at once as the remarkable Haaland and Foden claimed trebles, the Norway striker becoming the first player in Premier League history to score three successive hat-tricks at home.

From BBC Oct. 2, 2022

He had trebles at Ayr and Newbury, and another victory at Newmarket.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2022

Ignatius lis-tened to the bloodcurdling little trebles and giggles and gloated in his dark lair.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

More positively, Ahmed assumes $200 million of costs will be removed by FY 2027 as WiseTech cuts a workforce that trebled in size over three years.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 26, 2026

Voluntary repayments under Plan 2 more than trebled between 2017 and 2025, rising from £141.7m to £491.1m.

From BBC Feb. 6, 2026

Confirmed flu cases among adults and children across Northern Ireland have more than trebled in the last two weeks, rising from 273 to 954, official figures show.

From BBC Dec. 5, 2025

Last week he told the BBC's Radio Scotland Breakfast programme that he had pre-booked seven hotels but that number has now more than trebled to 22.

From BBC Dec. 4, 2025

Missionary societies, activity of, during Victorian era, 405; British and Foreign Bible Society, income of, doubled, 405; Society for Propagation of Gospel, income of, doubled, 405; Church Missionary Society, income of, trebled, 405.

From Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country by T. H. S. (Thomas Hay Sweet) Escott

Amsterdam, writes Mr. Mikhail, was “one of the most significant global metropolises” of the 17th century, its population trebling between 1585 and 1622.

From The Wall Street Journal May 19, 2026

Malawi has become an increasingly important market for Tanzanian goods in recent years, with exports trebling between 2018 and 2023, according to official Tanzanian figures.

From BBC Apr. 24, 2025

But at the same time, they say they will accelerate the rollout of renewables - trebling offshore wind, for example - and will approve new small “modular” nuclear power stations.

From BBC Jun. 12, 2024

"If we're not protected we're looking at a trebling of that £125,000 bill,which will mean another £250,000 will come out of the £900,000 that we have to run our school," he said.

From BBC Sep. 28, 2022

People swarming in, cities doubling and trebling in numbers of inhabitants, while the fiscal guardians groan over the increasing weight of improvements and the need to care for a large new spate of indigents.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck




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