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  • It is a double whammy that will showcase Brazil's glittering potential and subject it to the glare of global scrutiny. The Sun
  • Farmers have faced the double whammy of a freeze and a drought this year.
  • That double whammy puts almost 2,000 full-time and temp jobs under threat. The Sun
  • You've got your brownie underbelly base with a crackly crispy chocolate chip cookie top to create a double whammy of perfection! TWD: CHIPSTER TOPPED BROWNIES
  • Empty calories, fat and sodium deliver a triple whammy that is the downfall of many.
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  • It was basically a triple whammy: Housing prices kept falling, oil prices kept rising and both lenders and borrowers grew more cautious after five years of incaution. Three-Ingredient Recipe for Recession
  • He said: ‘This is very much a triple whammy for the motorist and even a quadruple whammy if you happen to drive a diesel-powered vehicle.’
  • The steak combined the double whammy of being simultaneously tasteless and chewy, while the haggis was simply superb.
  • Perhaps that's all we should expect; but that opening double whammy suggested there might have been more. Times, Sunday Times
  • Because my current project is kinda about genres of interiority howzat for a double whammy? Ferule & Fescue
  • Unsurprisingly, then, this double whammy has met with a cynical welcome. Times, Sunday Times
  • But then the organisers came in with a whammy that left the undefeated team and its supporters scratching their heads!
  • In terms of calibre, it delivers at least a triple whammy. Times, Sunday Times
  • Residents are bracing themselves for the annual double whammy: a hike in council tax bills, and swingeing cuts in services.
  • It has a fairly light basswood body, a knife edge whammy which has three springs tightened down and maple neck with a rosewood fingerboard.
  • A double whammy if you have a mortgage. The Sun
  • But the Conservatives had launched their Labour double whammy and tax bombshell campaigns months beforehand. Times, Sunday Times
  • Manufacturers are scaling back investment plans as the sector struggles against a 'double whammy' of weak demand and political uncertainty. Times, Sunday Times
  • I am all for the idea of chucking every fcuktard we can find in the Channel tunnel, then blowing it at our end therefore giving all lower echelons of life to France and, double whammy, we also cut all ties with France. Army Rumour Service
  • MG was back in business this week with a double whammy. The Sun
  • he put the whammy on me
  • Irresistible rhythms, glorious colour and costumes, and oodles of talent melded with skilful direction into a whammy of a production!
  • This extremely talkative Plateau-born downtown resident has been putting the hypnosis whammy on people for over 50 years now.
  • REED: Yes, I think it's such an emotional whammy, which is why, you know, you can forgive the mayor for saying, oh, come on, let's come back in, despite what we just saw on TV. CNN Transcript Sep 26, 2005
  • So older people who skimp on protein really get a double whammy, which is why they are often vitamin B12 deficient. Are we meat eaters or vegetarians? Part I | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D.
  • Co-op hits back with its own triple whammy timesonline. Times, Sunday Times
  • Using 11 ‘magical crystals’ and a giant crystal ‘to receive and transmit positive thoughts,’ Geller put the whammy on the opposition.
  • It had a triple whammy of problems: poor content, latencies and content not suitable for the format, as well as a bad UI.
  • The quadruple whammy is hitting winemakers like a 10-ton barrel.
  • As an expression for an evil influence or hex, a "whammy" was added to the vernacular in 1941 when a boxing manager said a "double whammy" was the only way African-American boxer Joe Lewis was ever to be knocked out. The Triple Whammy of Bigotry in the 2008 Election
  • The government's policy is higher tax and higher interest rates. It's a double whammy.
  • There is a triple whammy on Super Sunday. The Sun
  • They have to think of one policy package and strategy to stop the triple whammy of falling stocks, bonds and the yen.
  • The steak combined the double whammy of being simultaneously tasteless and chewy, while the haggis was simply superb.
  • Scottish Natural Heritage is facing a triple whammy of objections which are to be lodged with the Scottish parliament calling for an investigation into the activities of the conservation quango.
  • Maumere Bay is slowly recovering from a triple whammy: earthquake, tidal waves and a cyclone.
  • Motorists face a double whammy. Times, Sunday Times
  • Whammies in general - a whammy being technically a curse - are what they're good at. Times, Sunday Times
  • Britain's farmers have faced the double whammy of a rising pound and falling agricultural prices.
  • With that unusual double whammy, expect some particularly diverse audiences. Times, Sunday Times
  • The play area for the school is directly below your window and offers the acoustical double-whammy of a concrete floor covered by a corrugated tin roof. Hospeder�a Del Truco 7, Guanajuato
  • And in a double whammy, oil prices are also rising. The Sun
  • I also like roasting some veg off before adding them for a triple whammy of tastes. The Sun
  • His use of bleach to paint directly onto unprimed canvas was a conceptual double whammy - not only did the works have a convincing and beautiful singularity, the subject was reinforced by the connotations of the materials.
  • IT'S not so much a double as a triple whammy. The Sun
  • And the triple whammy of falling housing prices, rising oil prices and both lenders and borrowers growing more cautious after five years of incaution suggest a combination that may be simply too much even for the impressively resilient U.S. economy. Merrill's Blowout Write-Down
  • BRITISH holidaymakers face a triple whammy of strikes after Spanish taxi drivers and bar owners joined airport staff in announcing walkouts. The Sun
  • Discrete little chunks of Thursday, that weren't goo-worthy in themselves, seem to have joined forces in the night and put the goo whammy on me this morning.
  • Wrigley had either seen a professional wrestling match or read about one in which a wrestler used an assistant to cast spells and hexes or otherwise put a 'whammy' on his opponent. Beachwood Reporter
  • That's the final test of the triple whammy. Times, Sunday Times
  • It is a double whammy that will showcase Brazil's glittering potential and subject it to the glare of global scrutiny. The Sun
  • And foreign creditors are getting a double whammy, as bond prices have begun to fall in sympathy with the dollar.
  • But there can't be recovery if we triple and quadruple whammy these reefs.
  • The triple whammy of destruction greatly increases chances of developing an ‘age-related’ eye disease.
  • IT'S not so much a double as a triple whammy. The Sun
  • The track is pure bliss, from the interstellar electrical storm opening to the whammy bar keytar solo that closes it out.
  • In the first show, for example, Dyrdek asks Chanel "West Coast" what comes to mind when she hears the term "double whammy. SFGate: Top News Stories
  • It said the double whammy of a VAT hike and another rise in fuel duty would push truckers and cabbies to the brink. The Sun
  • The double whammy is we can't take much positives. The Sun
  • York Wasps suffered a triple whammy yesterday as the big winter freeze put paid to the New Year's Day clash against Swinton Lions.
  • So it now faces a triple whammy of big borrowing, a rapidly growing mountain of debt and a global economy sluggish in many areas. Times, Sunday Times
  • IT'S not so much a double as a triple whammy. The Sun
  • BRITAIN'S business leaders were cheered yesterday with a triple whammy of bright economic news. The Sun
  • I use the "whammy" setting (Pd for Zoom users) of my GFX-1 to do the dives/reverse dives. TALK @ PhilMusic.com - The Online Home of the Pinoy Musician
  • It was a double whammy,' the manager said. Times, Sunday Times
  • But in the 1970s, the double whammy of radio telescopy and a Mariner 10 flyby revealed a wealth of details needing names. Archive 2008-09-01
  • With this government we've had a double whammy of tax increases and benefit cuts.
  • It's never been tried on a scale like this before in the public sector, but D. C.'s 35-year-old [Sivak] hopes unleashing his workers from face-time requirements and office schedules will help him overcome a managerial triple-whammy: punishing budget cuts, a citywide hiring freeze, and the perennial challenge of recruiting talented IT workers to lower government pay. DeMorning DeBonis: Oct. 14, 2010
  • It said the double whammy of a VAT hike and another rise in fuel duty would push truckers and cabbies to the brink. The Sun
  • So this week I've had the triple whammy of being busy, edgy and suddenly noticing a few people around seem to be looking unexpectedly good.
  • But the Conservatives had launched their Labour double whammy and tax bombshell campaigns months beforehand. Times, Sunday Times
  • BRITAIN'S business leaders were cheered yesterday with a triple whammy of bright economic news. The Sun
  • Co-op hits back with its own triple whammy timesonline. Times, Sunday Times
  • The dinosaurs, they say, were killed not by a lone asteroid strike but by the quadruple whammy of global climate change, massive volcanism, and not one but two gigantic collisions.
  • They are running harder to stand still, having been hit by a triple whammy of big changes. Times, Sunday Times
  • Surely, such a scientific ‘double whammy’ rendered any concept of socialism, of collectivism, of a society based on co-operation and solidarity, a mere pipe-dream?
  • It is a double whammy that will showcase Brazil's glittering potential and subject it to the glare of global scrutiny. The Sun
  • BRITAIN'S business leaders were cheered yesterday with a triple whammy of bright economic news. The Sun
  • With that unusual double whammy, expect some particularly diverse audiences. Times, Sunday Times
  • Last week Finance Minister Jaswant Singh, in his quiet and unobtrusive way delivered a triple whammy.
  • At the fashion shows, designers and journalists collide backstage with varying degrees of success, but this week issued a triple whammy. Times, Sunday Times
  • But it can't explain how he came up with something like this diabolical double whammy, a lyric that combines apocopation and internal rhyme -- in three-quarter time, no less. Sondheim's Still Here
  • But what seems to be a double whammy is that with Social Networks is if you want you can be anonymous and reach out and make a new connection. Changing Direction. « The Paradigm Shift
  • Mr Denham's departure was the third blow of a triple whammy that saw Leader of the House Robin Cook and two junior ministers, including Mr Denham, quit their jobs.
  • It will be a welcome boost after being harshly hit by the double whammy of global recession and the attack in which one of its New York hotels was severely damaged.
  • Our economy suffered a triple whammy this year - we were hit by Sars, the Iraq war, and then the world economic downturn.
  • The final whammy is the twisted bowel operation.
  • ‘When you have people who have a diet that's very high in animal fat, they get the full whammy of the contaminants,’ said David Carpenter, who supervised the St. Lawrence Island studies.
  • With this government we've had a double whammy of tax increases and benefit cuts.
  • The decision to decrease the duration of water supply by two hours in a day is a double whammy.
  • Chilli has also been shown to be a powerful painkiller, so you get a double whammy. The Sun
  • But factories face a double whammy because they export 75 per cent of their cars and the rest of the world is suffering, too. The Sun
  • The government's policy is higher tax and higher interest rates. It's a double whammy.
  • Britain's farmers have faced the double whammy of a rising pound and falling agricultural prices.
  • This time it's a double whammy from a single family, with Federal Housing Finance Board Chairman John T. Korsmo and his wife Michelle, who has worked as deputy chief of staff to Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao, coming under fire from the Justice Deparment for obstruction of justice in an investigation of campaign finance irregularities. Speaking of lists...
  • In the first show, for example, Dyrdek asks Chanel "West Coast" what comes to mind when she hears the term "double whammy. SFGate: Top News Stories
  • That double whammy puts almost 2,000 full-time and temp jobs under threat. The Sun

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