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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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Use the Right Size Rugs Rugs instantly warm and ground a space, but getting them right is a double whammy.
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Berit Thorkelson, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Apr. 2025
Tariffs and tax cuts are a double whammy for lower earners
The benefits of the 2017 Trump tax cuts were skewed toward higher earners, nearly all analyses of the legislation show.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 9 Apr. 2025
The new tariffs are a double whammy because coffee makers were already dealing with higher wholesale prices for arabica beans — the most popular type — because of extreme weather that has impacted the world's top producers.
—Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 9 Apr. 2025
The combination of already dry lips and dry airplane cabin air can be a double whammy that wreaks havoc, so having this on flights is a must.
—Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 28 Mar. 2025
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Berit Thorkelson, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Apr. 2025
Tariffs and tax cuts are a double whammy for lower earners
The benefits of the 2017 Trump tax cuts were skewed toward higher earners, nearly all analyses of the legislation show.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 9 Apr. 2025
The new tariffs are a double whammy because coffee makers were already dealing with higher wholesale prices for arabica beans — the most popular type — because of extreme weather that has impacted the world's top producers.
—Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 9 Apr. 2025
The combination of already dry lips and dry airplane cabin air can be a double whammy that wreaks havoc, so having this on flights is a must.
—Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Double whammy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/double%20whammy. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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