double whammies

noun

Definition of double whammiesnext
plural of double whammy
as in blows
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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  1. disasters
  2. tragedies
  3. catastrophes
Noun
  • As the number of billion-dollar disasters rises as a result of climate change, the economic toll of extreme weather will be increasingly difficult to absorb.
    Justin Worland, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The area has survived numerous disasters.
    Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of disasters
Noun
  • Other families that have experienced their own tragedies are also working for change.
    Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2024
  • King, 66, spoke about the tragedies that his family and the Kennedys each faced in 1968.
    Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024
Definition of tragedies
Noun
  • This enhances your company’s resilience to catastrophes and improves the outcomes of challenges that will occur in the future.
    Topsie VandenBosch, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
  • These are often catastrophes, as the US found out recently from hurricanes Helene and Milton.
    Ian Dexter Palmer, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
Definition of catastrophes
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