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streak

[streek] / strik /




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That streak ended with a double up the left-field line from Eduardo Valencia, who turned on an inside slider to lead off the fifth.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 29, 2026

On Friday, Microsoft’s stock notched its sixth straight session of gains — rising 6.7% over that multiday period, and cementing its longest winning streak since Oct.

From MarketWatch Aug. 28, 2026

Oddly enough, after the World Series favorites traded for the best pitcher available, they lost the next six games as part of a seven-game losing streak.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

Gold settled 0.4% higher, up for a fourth-consecutive session, while silver fell 1.3%, snapping a three-session winning streak.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

I was at an exciting part, and you know I don’t notice everything around me when I’m reading a good book, so I didn’t see the black streak arrive.

From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones

Closer to the crater rim, brighter streaks reveal fresher material that was excavated from greater depths underground.

From Science Daily Aug. 20, 2026

The images they captured from different viewing angles brought out different features, including brighter and darker streaks fanning out around the crater.

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

The tiny particles - roughly the size of a grain of sand - vaporise, creating visible streaks of light.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

Speaking of streaks, when Lionel Messi came off the bench to score in the group finale, it gave him goals in a record seven consecutive World Cup games.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

The symbols on the window melt into meaningless streaks.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

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

Ward sat seventh after the floor exercise, but streaked into the lead after a splendid performance on the pommel - routinely his strongest event.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

A group of more than 100 people near the stage refused to leave, chanting "USA! USA! USA!" while a pair of B2 bombers that were part of an hours-long military flyover show streaked overhead.

From Barron's Jul. 4, 2026

The top shatters just slightly under a knife, giving way to a plush, chocolate-saturated center streaked with melted pockets.

From Salon Apr. 28, 2026

By the end of the season it may have been streaked with mud and grass, but it was never striped.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

And he delivered sensationally, streaking away from the field in the backstroke and breaststroke legs before closing it out in the freestyle.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

Some of that algae has floated to the top and is streaking the surface.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 18, 2026

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

Palestinians in east Jerusalem regularly film rockets streaking through the sky from their rooftops.

From Barron's Mar. 8, 2026

Outside, the rain started falling harder, streaking everything.

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss




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