triple
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That was nearly triple the price of my one-way ticket in economy on American.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
A major heat wave across Southern California’s interior is expected to push temperatures into the triple digits this week, further elevating the fire threat and raising concerns about health risks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
“You think that Alex Jones gorged himself on Whataburger? You’re saying five triple cheeseburgers and how many fry boxes?”
From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2026
"It uses different network settings, but we are continuing to investigate every angle on where it may have impacted triple zero if that has occurred."
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
She answered the phones and distributed the mail in addition to her regular duties, which at the time involved solving a triple integral for an engineer in the division.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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That doesn’t sound like a staggering difference, but with thousands of batted balls over the years, that’s a lot of outs turning into doubles, triples and home runs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
This deal triples QXO’s existing market opportunity and expands our total addressable market to over $200 billion.
From MarketWatch ● May 6, 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
Or, perhaps, it’s simply that triples really is best: a blitzed corn chip base, a sweet corn body and a final, salty flurry of chips on top.
From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2026
I graduated from playing fours to triples and then to pairs.
From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge
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Earnings-per-share forecasts for 2026 have tripled for Valero and Marathon and doubled for Phillips since last summer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Its share price has more than tripled in South Korea this year, which along with Samsung Electronics has helped boost the benchmark Kospi index by more than 70% over the same period.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
The company’s Seoul-listed stock has already more than tripled this year, boosted by insatiable global demand for chips related to the artificial intelligence boom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
Fanned by wind, intense heat and exceptionally dry air, the fire has nearly tripled in size since early Sunday, devouring 4,600 hectares and leaving a firefighter and a resident injured, local authorities said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
Between 1920 and 1940, the population of southern California nearly tripled, as about 2 million people arrived from across the United States.
From "Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal" by Eric Schlosser
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After tripling in size between 2018 and 2021, U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
Tit-for-tat corruption can be difficult to prove, but more than tripling what you’re making one year into your term suggests that all is not on the level here.
From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2026
The complex, which also includes six smaller temples, draws 70,000 to 80,000 devotees daily, with crowds tripling on weekends and festivals.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
Net profit surged to $58.3 billion, more than tripling from $18.8 billion in the year-earlier period.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
Technology had been moving so quickly, doubling, tripling, quadrupling in power.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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