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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of redouble.

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Examples

  • Most analysts expect the fourth quarter to be the beginning of a lengthy recession in Spain as the new government of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy redoubles efforts to slash a budget deficit of around 8% in 2011.

    Spanish GDP Shrank in Fourth Quarter Jonathan House 2012

  • As the new government of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy redoubles its efforts to slash a budget deficit that stood at 8% of GDP in 2011, many analysts say the fourth quarter could be the start of a prolonged downturn for the euro zone's fourth-largest economy.

    Spain's Budget Cuts Trigger Downturn Jonathan House 2012

  • Meanwhile, the party's recent lapse into populist pandering over crime redoubles confusion about what – if anything – is different about life after New Labour.

    Ed Miliband: The long and winding road | Editorial 2011

  • Meanwhile, the party's recent lapse into populist pandering over crime redoubles confusion about what – if anything – is different about life after New Labour.

    Ed Miliband: The long and winding road | Editorial 2011

  • For some reason no expert today believes that his partner is capable of finding the best play unaided, so all manner of lead-directing bids, doubles, redoubles and the like are perpetrated on a daily basis.

    Hoist by his own petard 2011

  • "I'm sorry to see him affected by this; it only redoubles my resolve to improve on the treatments we have."

    Jobs battles with rare pancreatic cancer, privacy 2011

  • Silver trades at a vast discount to gold prices, which redoubles its allure to price-conscious investors looking to guard their wealth from market uncertainty.

    Gold and Silver Prices Soar Tatyana Shumsky 2011

  • And a safe within a safe redoubles the grimnoire quality of it all.

    How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011

  • "I'm sorry to see him affected by this; it only redoubles my resolve to improve on the treatments we have."

    Jobs battles with rare pancreatic cancer, privacy 2011

  • And a safe within a safe redoubles the grimnoire quality of it all.

    How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011

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