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doubles

a. a game between two pairs of players, as in tennis, badminton, etc.
b. (as modifier): a doubles player
Collins Discovery Encyclopedia, 1st edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

Doubles

See also Twins.
Amphitryon and Jupiter
god assumes man’s form to lie with his wife. [Rom. Lit.: Amphitryon]
Darnay, Charles
physical duplicate of Carton. [Br. Lit.: A Tale of Two Cities]
fetch
a Doppelganger. [Irish Folklore: Leach, 376]
My Double and How He Undid Me
story of a lazy minister who has his look-alike impersonator do all his chores. [Am. Lit.: Hayden & Fuller, 456]
Prince of Wales
switches places with his double, poor boy Tom Canty. [Am. Lit.: The Prince and the Pauper]
Sam and Eric
their identities merge as “Samneric.” [Br. Lit.: Lord of the Flies]
Sosia and Mercury
god assumes slave’s identity. [Rom. Lit.: Amphitryon]
Wilson, William
his Doppelganger ultimately kills him. [Am. Lit.: “William Wilson” in Portable Poe, 57–82]
Allusions—Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Nominating forms are available on the USHA website and provide for specifying first through fourth-place finishes in national USHA, AAU, YMCA, and World open singles and doubles tournaments.
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Hankey missed a number of doubles and O'Shea took advantage to open up a two-leg lead but Hankey reeled off the next two legs to draw level.
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Becker was 4-for-4 with 4 runs scored, 2 doubles and 2 RBI, Ulrich went 4-for-5 with 2 doubles and 4 RBI, and Jones finished 4-for-5 with a homer, double and 5 RBI.
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Freshmen Meghan Delahunty (2) and Jessica Pozezinski (3) combined for 5 doubles. Scout Kram (2-for-3, 2 walks, 2 stolen bases) and Faith Standerski (2-for-4, triple, 2 RBI, 2 stolen bases, walk) added 2 hits each.
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Kaitlyn Griffin also had 5 RBI for Mundelein, finishing 3-for-5 with 2 doubles. Winning pitcher Brenna Adams was 3-for-4 with a triple and 3 RBI.
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Charles East 14, East Aurora 0: Elliott Sanders had 3 hits with 2 doubles and an RBI, Alena Macri 2 doubles and 2 RBI and Lauren Luna 2 doubles and an RBI to lead the Saints (9-2, 3-1) to this Upstate Eight win.
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Warren 7, Grant 1: Caityln Britton was 3-for-4 with 2 doubles and 2 RBI, Kayla Nommensen had a homer, double and 2 RBI, and the Blue Devils won in nonconference action.
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RIYADH: Yellow TeaM took home the championship trophy in the month long Doubles Team Tennis Tournament that ended last Friday organized by the Friday Morning Tennis Club (FMTC) at the Al Yamama Hotel Tennis complex.
Yellow Team champion in 2015 FMTC Doubles Team Tennis tourney

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