treble
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Immanuel Feyi-Waboso's acrobatic finish down the left wing and Pollock's treble, all celebrated in style, brought loud cheers from the Hill Dickinson Stadium's 50,209-strong crowd after the break.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
But Liman denied Lively’s request for treble and punitive damages, concluding that the procedural mechanism her lawyers used permitted recovery of attorneys fees and costs but not broader financial penalties.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2026
Under the submitted plans, new buildings and infrastructure would be built there, which was predicted to treble the park's economic output to £3bn a year.
From BBC ● May 19, 2026
City still remain in the hunt for a domestic treble, sitting two points behind Premier League leaders Arsenal with two games left, and a difficult trip to in-form Bournemouth next on Tuesday.
From BBC ● May 16, 2026
Instruments with ranges that do not fall comfortably into either bass or treble clef may use a C clef or may be transposing instruments.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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The Azzurri have finished fourth in this year's table after failing to achieve two unique trebles at the Principality Stadium.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2026
He added winning trebles was "the standard and expectation we've set".
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2025
Yet none of those trebles came quicker than the 13 minutes and 54 seconds Omar Marmoush took to get his first City hat-trick in the 4-0 win over Newcastle.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 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
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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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
Many students were facing annual tuition fees that had trebled from the year before, as the cap on the amount universities could charge rose to £9,000.
From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2026
Bat prices are said to have trebled following increased demand from countries in South Asia, with some top-end models costing close to £1,000.
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2026
Then immigration began to fill the deserted plains once more, and by 1785 the population had trebled itself.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various
"They were heard by police to be describing 'not doubling the money, but trebling it'," said Nelson.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
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
The increase in the number of “very hot days” of 30C or more has been even more dramatic, trebling over the last few decades.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2024
He increased in confidence, doubling and trebling up his jab.
From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2023
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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"The Tempest," Vocabulary from Acts 1 and 2
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Part 2 Vocabulary (Unit 3)
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