treble
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Tyler's coffin was designed by her family to reflect her love of music, with a microphone and treble clef engraved on each side.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 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
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
A treble for Messi and doubles for Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland - the big boys came out to play.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
A very small "8" at the bottom of the treble clef symbol means that the notes should sound one octave lower than they are written.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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Midfielder Ferguson and winger McCann helped Rangers win two domestic trebles, with the former winning five league titles and 15 trophies over two spells.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 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
Had you plunged on trebles, you'd have been a winner in five of the last seven campaigns.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2023
And a Dutchman and a Portuguese, both in their early 20s, hit differing trebles.
From BBC ● Dec. 16, 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
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A group of apartment owners are calling for the "right to challenge" property service charges after their annual fees have more than trebled since 2018.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
The number of days exceeding 30C in the UK more than trebled between 2015 and 2024 compared with the 1961-1990 average, according to the Met Office.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
Since being knocked out on penalties, the Reds have won just 49.2% of their past 59 games, while their loss percentage has more than trebled.
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2026
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
The procession that now passes through Panama will be doubled and trebled in the coming decades, and what is planted here will spread everywhere.
From Prowling about Panama by George A. Miller
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
The number of Indians investing through SIPs has soared past 100 million, nearly trebling from 34 million five years ago.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2025
Disney also announced four new cruise ships - on top of four others it had previously announced - almost trebling the size of its current fleet by 2031.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2024
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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Vocabulary lists containing treble
"The Tempest," Vocabulary from Acts 1 and 2
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Part 2 Vocabulary (Unit 3)
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