Sentences with phrase «form of a double whammy»

But as anyone who has worked on forestry issues — particularly in the tropical regions home to the world's greatest biodiversity — knows, the demise of natural forests usually comes in the form of a double whammy: first come the loggersbut then come the settlers who turn the land into farms or plantations, preventing the re-growth of natural forest.

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So, endometriosis is a double whammy of hormone disregulation in the form of excess estrogen and autoimmune issues.

Regulatory bodies wear two hats and therefore bear the double - whammy of both prosecution expenses, and tribunal expenses in the form...