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treble

[treb-uhl] / ˈtrɛb əl /


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That season, the club also lifted the FA Cup and the Premier League trophy to become England’s first treble winners since Manchester United in 1999.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

The lock is costing £15.5bn a year, treble original estimates of the 2030 cost, especially because of the volatility of prices and earnings.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Now, joining forces with her British team-mates to retain their relay title, the treble is hers.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 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

It was the territorial line between where the right hand and the left hand traveled, between the treble and the bass clefs.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

Since it first became achievable in 1960, to become champions of England, conquer Europe and win the FA Cup and League Cup in the same campaign, there have been four different trebles.

From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2026

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

Between 2016 and 2019, he delivered seven domestic trophies in a row, including an unbeaten debut domestic campaign and consecutive trebles.

From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2023

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

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

During the last decade, the number of these "very hot" days more than trebled compared with the 1961-1990 average, according to the Met Office.

From BBC ● May 22, 2026

In the final week of February, as Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, BBC Russian's audience more than trebled in size, reaching 10 million people.

From BBC ● Mar. 27, 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

Since 1860 the productive power of the United States has more than trebled.

From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political by Robert Green Ingersoll

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 Cabinet Office has grown the most of any department proportionally, approximately trebling in size since the EU referendum.

From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2025

The Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts that the tax will raise about £760m in 2024-25, so trebling the rate is estimated to raise an extra £1.5bn.

From BBC ● May 29, 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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