triple
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Scientists are still trying to determine how these different nitrogenases are related and exactly how their metal centers make it possible to break the extremely strong N2 triple bond.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
After three suboptimal innings, Glasnow settled down in a trust-building exercise of an outing against the Giants and their triple A-caliber lineup.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Adam Arkin, who plays one of several dubious attorneys circling the hostage-taking, directs half the series and uses, playfully enough, techniques from the period he’s portraying—split screens, for instance, sometimes triple and quadruple.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
The triple lock guarantees that the state pension goes up each year in line with either inflation, wage increases or 2.5% - whichever is the highest.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
My heart was beating triple time, waiting to see who’d sent it.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
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Around 77,000 people live here, but that number already triples during the summer due to incoming holidaymakers.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
A 3X fund triples the gains and the losses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Webb 12, Rolling Hills Prep 6: Sophomore Aidan Kaushal finished with two triples, a double and four RBIs while senior Alec Kaushal added three hits to help Webb win the Division 9 championship.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 30, 2026
Moderna’s first-quarter revenue more than triples to $389 million, leading to a narrower quarterly loss of $1.34 billion.
From Barron's ● May 1, 2026
He was also the only player in history to ever hit four triples in one game.
From "Holes" by Louis Sachar
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Then he tripled in the sixth and scored on a single by Will Smith.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
The healthcare costs for her family of four tripled in the past two years.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
And Knutti says that imbalance has roughly tripled over the past two decades - although the precise increase depends on which years are compared.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Last year, the analysts said, that segment brought in $6.4 billion in sales, and has more than tripled in size over the past four years.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
The number of inmates has tripled in the last twenty-five years, and rates of incarceration keep climbing.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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Still, Gervais remained undeterred, doubling and tripling down on his comedy and delivering a since-viral “I don’t care” monologue during his final hosting stint.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
Chinese wine exports reached $75 million over the first six months of this year, tripling since last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
The government has set an ambitious target of tripling annual copper output to three million metric tonnes by 2031.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
Charter rates for the so-called Very Large Crude Carriers, the most-watched vessels in the oil trade, have surged during the conflict, at times tripling from about $100,000 a day in peacetime.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
These perks act as multipliers, a doubling or tripling down on an already overflowing basket of advantages: the parents’ good genes, the family’s wealth and status, the leafy neighborhood within the excellent school district.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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