roll on

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As he watched Celtics superstar Jayson Tatum roll on the floor gripping his ankle, O’Malley’s worst fear—and professional opinion—was that Tatum had torn his Achilles tendon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

"You roll on to next week pretty quickly so getting a performance and win will really help how you're going to play the rest of the tournament."

From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026

But as fans scattered for cover, umpires let the at-bat roll on.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2025

The product was meant to roll on and over anything in its path, transporting personnel in all-terrain combat zones: a bigger, badder, wider Jeep.

From Slate • Jun. 22, 2025

In the daytime we went to the pool or to the movies or to the park to turn somersaults and roll on the grass.

From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang