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The US had trebled tariffs on the UK from 3.4% to 10%, and the UK has cut its tariffs by two-thirds from 5.1% to 1.8%.

From BBC • May 8, 2025

Melton's Storehouse food bank said demand had trebled in the last year and it was giving out more than 200 bags of food a week.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2022

This was a decent bit of business for the German club as, just 18 months later, his value had trebled, Manchester City paying £55m.

From The Guardian • Nov. 12, 2017

By 2013 it had trebled to $11,000, higher than Malaysia.

From Reuters • May 25, 2015

Villages and hamlets had grown to great towns, and the great towns themselves had trebled and quadrupled.

From Letters of Travel (1892-1913) by Kipling, Rudyard