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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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That’s because the physical exertion of shoveling increases heart rate and blood pressure, while at the same time the cold constricts blood vessels–a double whammy of stressors.
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Amy Feldman, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Plan on a double whammy of inconvenient rain and much cooler temperatures.
—Bill Kelly, CBS News, 10 Jan. 2026
Some area restaurants faced a double whammy, closing and reopening their doors in the span of months or weeks.
—Sacbee.com, 30 Dec. 2025
Parsons goes down in Packers loss Sunday was also a double whammy for Micah Parsons and the Green Bay Packers in a loss to the Denver Broncos.
—Frank Nunns O'Connell, CNN Money, 15 Dec. 2025
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Amy Feldman, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Plan on a double whammy of inconvenient rain and much cooler temperatures.
—Bill Kelly, CBS News, 10 Jan. 2026
Some area restaurants faced a double whammy, closing and reopening their doors in the span of months or weeks.
—Sacbee.com, 30 Dec. 2025
Parsons goes down in Packers loss Sunday was also a double whammy for Micah Parsons and the Green Bay Packers in a loss to the Denver Broncos.
—Frank Nunns O'Connell, CNN Money, 15 Dec. 2025
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“Double whammy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/double%20whammy. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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