double whammy

as in blow
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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Recent Examples of double whammy The double whammy of high home costs and mortgage rates is pricing many buyers out of the market. Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 27 Nov. 2024 That’s a double whammy for New York, which not only didn’t score but will need the bottom of the order to get the rally started next inning. Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2024 But even if a homeowner spent time cutting costs or taking down decorations early, there was a double whammy during January. Craig Shoup, The Tennessean, 12 Feb. 2024 Prioritize cybersecurity to protect against the disaster-cyberattack double whammy. Michael Flannery, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for double whammy 
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Noun
  • Likewise, a surprise 25 basis point rate cut by the BOK at its November meeting, enacted before Yoon declared martial law in December, could have cushioned the blow.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2025
  • As such, this will likely be a blow because the country accounted for 50% of global oil demand growth between 2000 and 2023, averaging an annual increase of 518,000 bpd, according to the Energy Institute's 2024 Statistical Review of World Energy.
    Gaurav Sharma, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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  • If Calais Campbell hadn’t signed with the Dolphins at the last minute Miami’s defense would be a disaster.
    Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 4 Jan. 2025
  • The Tanner Jeannot trade was a disaster by any measure.
    Pierre LeBrun, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
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  • The tragedy is still under investigation in Argentina, where five people have been charged in connection with Payne's death, according to multiple outlets including the BBC.
    Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
  • That family tragedy at what seemed to be the end of his political career was a bookend to the one at its beginning, when his first wife and baby daughter, Naomi, were killed in a car crash.
    Susan Page, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025

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“Double whammy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/double%20whammy. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.

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