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streak

[streek] / strik /




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Chip stocks are on track to fall for a seventh consecutive day, their longest losing streak since May 2025.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

The VanEck and iShares Semiconductor ETFs have both fallen for six consecutive days, putting them on their longest losing streak since May 2025.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

The current 552-day streak without a correction is the 12th-longest since 1950, Bespoke said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

Victory halted a three-match losing streak for the All Blacks after the 3-1 series defeat by world champions South Africa this summer.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

We were both silent for a while; and as I looked towards the window I saw the first dim streak of the coming dawn.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

And amid the doomsaying, streaks of contrarian optimism are starting to emerge.

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

As tiny particles from the comet enter the Earth's atmosphere at high speed, they heat up and produce streaks of light across the night sky that we see as meteors.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

By the end, I was dragging pieces of focaccia through the last orange streaks left in the pan.

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026

Romina, the more rebellious of the two, had bleached streaks in her long, dark hair, which she would often leave uncovered.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

Here, the sun is only just beginning to set, hurling up streaks of purple and orange as the night pushes it away.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston

Every visitor must exit through the Blood Room, a gruesomely immersive space whose walls are streaked, smeared, splattered and practically dripping with the red stuff.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

After a brave Peter Lakai turnover had halted South Africa momentum, Will Jordan streaked clear to switch play to the other 22.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

Sweaty, exhausted and streaked in grass stains, the families gathered in the common room for the deciding match.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

A meteor streaked across the New York City area in broad daylight on July 16, 2024, producing a sonic boom as it passed just south of the Statue of Liberty.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026

A black, buzzing cloud streaked from the orchard, and bore on so rapidly and passed so close to Coll’s head that he had to leap out of the way.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander

Every night around the world, thousands of automated sky cameras watch for flashes of light streaking across the atmosphere.

From Science Daily ● May 14, 2026

One 2022 clip, taken in an undisclosed location in the Middle East, captures an oval-shaped object streaking left to right, which an accompanying report flagged as a "possible missile".

From BBC ● May 8, 2026

Then, holding the stick in her left hand, Murphy slid the puck across the ice to her streaking teammate, who promptly banged it into the back of the net.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026

She name-checked supervising producer Norman Baker, who she said “plans on streaking on the last day” of the show.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2026

Georgie’s eyes filled with tears, streaking his cheeks as they ran down his face.

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn




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