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treble

[treb-uhl] / ˈtrɛb əl /


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Mothers Matter said it had seen demand "double, if not treble" during the strike while Unite said its workers were fighting "to be paid at the appropriate level for their skills and experience".

From BBC Aug. 14, 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

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

The brilliant Argentine's treble against Algeria not only equalled the all-time World Cup goals record, but showed he remains world class aged 38.

From BBC Jun. 24, 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

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

"He gave everything and put pressure on me constantly. He didn't stop hitting trebles and never gave up. My game is in a good place, but it doesn't mean anything yet."

From BBC Jan. 1, 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

What is more, the bill for his monthly payments then almost trebled to £981 a month, after it appeared he had now underpaid for the younger child still entitled to support.

From BBC Aug. 17, 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

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

The population of the city and suburbs, in 1810, amounted to 24,552; having been trebled in seven years, under the administration of its new government.

From Norman's New Orleans and Environs Containing a Brief Historical Sketch of the Territory and State of Louisiana and the City of New Orleans, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by B. M. Norman

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

As the BBC showed earlier this year, there was indeed a significant increase over time, with public funding trebling in real terms, to pay for repairs to Buckingham Palace.

From BBC Sep. 2, 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

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

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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