double whammy

Example Sentences

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But it suffered a double whammy.

From The Wall Street Journal

Pulendran described the effect as a "double whammy."

From Science Daily

Hospitality bosses say their industry faces a significant double whammy - customers with less money to spend and rising business costs including taxes, food, wages and energy.

From BBC

“For device manufacturers, this is a double whammy,” Counterpoint analyst Jeongku Choi said, adding that rising component costs and weakened consumer purchasing power could slow consumer demand for electronic devices.

From The Wall Street Journal

“For device manufacturers, this is a double whammy,” the analyst says, adding that rising component costs and weakened consumer purchasing power could slow the demand.

From The Wall Street Journal