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roll

noun as in a revolving, turning

noun as in list, roster

noun as in growl, reverberation

verb as in spread out

verb as in thunder, reverberate

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Months before the red carpets are rolled out and the acceptance speeches are rehearsed, Hollywood insiders are locked in a quieter, behind-the-scenes competition: securing access to the best screening rooms in Los Angeles.

“What happens next? That’s why people have responded so well, I think, to the film. After the credits roll, people just sit there, and then the conversations begin.”

In the first roll call, the professor mispronounced her last name as “CHIP-uh-tee.”

Newsom’s emergency ban is only in effect until March, when the restrictions will be rolled back unless they are replaced with a permanent version.

Barkley amassed 302 total yards as the Eagles rolled past the Rams 37-20 in front of a crowd of 74,400 — about half of them Eagles fans.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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