DOUBLE WHAMMIES Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

double whammies

noun

plural of double whammy

as in blows

informal a situation that is bad in two different ways; a situation in which two bad conditions exist at the same time or two bad things happen one after the other With the cold weather and the high cost of heating fuel, homeowners were hit with a double whammy this winter.

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Noun

The company has suffered from several high-profile legal blows this year that have resulted in multibillion-dollar penalties.

— Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026
Ukraine and Russia trading energy infrastructure blows aren't helping the situation either.

— Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Since 2024, the state and federal governments have spent over half a billion dollars on disasters in Ruidoso — nine times the village’s annual budget.

— Abe Streep, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026
These same companies continue to kill the clean energy that is not only cheaper, but try to side-step their glaring responsibility for the increasing cascade of climate disasters.

— Tom Tapp, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2026

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Prime Minister Mark Carney called the blaze one of the worst peacetime tragedies to strike Canada's armed forces on home soil, according to Reuters.

— Stephen Sorace , Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
What happened to Gates is one of several tragedies involving postal workers in extreme Texas heat in recent years.

— Ginger Allen, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026

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