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double whammy
[duhb-uhl wam-ee, hwam-ee]
noun
two devastating problems, setbacks, or catastrophes.
The double whammy of insomnia and sleep apnea can make a night's rest almost impossible.
any doubled quantity or set of two.
Visiting the sandwich shop and the ice cream shop makes a delightful savory-sweet double whammy for lunch.
Word History and Origins
Origin of double whammy1
Example Sentences
Coming on the heels of captain Rohit Sharma quitting a few days earlier, it adds up to a double whammy for India who embark on a tough tour of England for a five-Test series come June without their two most experienced batters.
These lawmakers have created a double whammy: a law that could genuinely curtail free expression online and a public relations coup for Musk, whose own interests intersect with a free speech argument.
Employers will also pay an increased amount of National Insurance from April, which Mr Astley described as a "double whammy".
A double whammy — the Palisades and Eaton fires — took both the Westside Waldorf School, within sight of where Sunset Boulevard intersects with Pacific Coast Highway, and its Altadena K-8 campus, at 209 E. Mariposa St. The Palisades campus had taken a lease and planned its move to the Sunset Boulevard site in 2005 and relocated there some time later.
"We also found that children's social and emotional development has a big impact on their academic results so it's been a double whammy and we predict that GCSEs won't recover for a decade."
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