Examples of double whammy in a Sentence
With the cold weather and the high cost of heating fuel, homeowners were hit with a double whammy this winter.
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High mortgage rates then hit the housing market with a double whammy.
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Leonardo Bevilacqua, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Mar. 2024
Buying a home has become increasingly out of reach for Americans, who are grappling with a double whammy of high interest rates and surging home values.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2024
Cities need to prepare for the double whammy, the researchers contend.
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 6 Mar. 2024
But the double whammy of rising mortgage rates and record high home prices has lifted the cost beyond the means of many Americans.
—Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2024
As if her pants weren’t controversial enough, Moss opted for a pair of low-rise skinny jeans—a double whammy for those who want the 2000s to stay dead and buried.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 18 Mar. 2024
The Oscars faced the double whammy of starting an hour earlier and the switch to Daylight Savings Time.
—Brian Lowry, CNN, 11 Mar. 2024
Thursday’s 125-122 loss to the Bulls was a double whammy for the Warriors.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2024
Taxpayers were served up a double whammy last year when millions of households who were struggling with still-high inflation received smaller tax refunds due to the expiration of pandemic benefits.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2024
Leonardo Bevilacqua, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Mar. 2024
Buying a home has become increasingly out of reach for Americans, who are grappling with a double whammy of high interest rates and surging home values.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2024
Cities need to prepare for the double whammy, the researchers contend.
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 6 Mar. 2024
But the double whammy of rising mortgage rates and record high home prices has lifted the cost beyond the means of many Americans.
—Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2024
As if her pants weren’t controversial enough, Moss opted for a pair of low-rise skinny jeans—a double whammy for those who want the 2000s to stay dead and buried.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 18 Mar. 2024
The Oscars faced the double whammy of starting an hour earlier and the switch to Daylight Savings Time.
—Brian Lowry, CNN, 11 Mar. 2024
Thursday’s 125-122 loss to the Bulls was a double whammy for the Warriors.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2024
Taxpayers were served up a double whammy last year when millions of households who were struggling with still-high inflation received smaller tax refunds due to the expiration of pandemic benefits.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2024
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