whammy
Example Sentences
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Hospitality bosses say their industry faces a significant double whammy - customers with less money to spend and rising business costs including taxes, food, wages and energy.
From BBC
The duties came as the company was facing a triple whammy of cratering sales in China, stagnant demand in Europe and the costs of investing into electric cars despite patchy demand.
From Barron's
“For device manufacturers, this is a double whammy,” Counterpoint analyst Jeongku Choi said, adding that rising component costs and weakened consumer purchasing power could slow consumer demand for electronic devices.
“For device manufacturers, this is a double whammy,” the analyst says, adding that rising component costs and weakened consumer purchasing power could slow the demand.
As the technology selloff deepens, Oracle’s stock has been hit by a double whammy of generalized software concerns and jitters around the company’s own artificial-intelligence spending.
From MarketWatch
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