streak
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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
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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
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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
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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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