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With the cold weather and the high cost of heating fuel, homeowners were hit with a double whammy this winter.
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Being pregnant and also having cancer is a double whammy.
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Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
Younger Americans, exposed to the double whammy of high student debt and low entry-level hiring, are under even more financial pressure.
—Matt Egan, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
That’s the double whammy at play here.
—Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Since trees absorb carbon dioxide, the most abundant greenhouse gas, cutting them to then raise cattle is a double whammy.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2025
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Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
Younger Americans, exposed to the double whammy of high student debt and low entry-level hiring, are under even more financial pressure.
—Matt Egan, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
That’s the double whammy at play here.
—Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Since trees absorb carbon dioxide, the most abundant greenhouse gas, cutting them to then raise cattle is a double whammy.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for double whammy
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“Double whammy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/double%20whammy. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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